Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-23

EDITORIAL NOTES.


A schoslboy in orkshire, England, ha
quite aptly defined q Augwump a. ga,
American savage that dsvours psper an,
is sometimes given to csnnibalism.a
J. b. Carpenter, ,f Reading. Pey Insylva
mia, the inventor of the steel shep. that ha
done 30 much damage to Harveytzsd armo
plate, says that he paid out $e.0, 600 just Q.
see the secret process ss in u5e In two for
eign steel works-one in France, the othsl
In England.
A boarding house keeper In New Yorl
proceeded against the pastor of nslshbor
ing church for disturbing her boarders By
his loud prayers, and the court requested
the pastor to Fitch his prayers In little
lower key. assuring him that the Lord
would hsar MIN Just the same.
According to q decree issued by the
French minister of WAT, the following de-
fects, among others, win no longer exemp,
q ms.n from the obligation of military ser
virye: Toothlessness, dwsrfish staturs, hair
lip, aquint-eyes, superhuous or iaeicieni
I fingers or toes, varicose veins, hernia
suffering and badness.
A new sect in Russia is Known as tn,
Underground People, lately organized In
Saratof. When a persyn falls I'LL the
elders come in and bAptizs him anew.
Rfen they carry him Gown Into an under.
ground Labyrinth Hh,1re he is left to vrestls
with death alone. After week the elders
come to inspect the sick man, and, If dead,
he is duly buried.
The question has often been asked why
the cadets at West Point wear e gray uni
form, while the uniform of the army Is
blue, and the answer is that the origin of
the distinction dates back to the war of
1924, when the conmissary general of
the army could not procure the blue cloth
for General Winfield Scott's brigade, 90
they were clad in gray. SO distinguished
was the conduct of that brigade at Lurdy q
Lane and Chippewa that when, after the
war of 1912, q reorganization of the West
Point Military Academy was made, out of
compliment to General Scott and his brig.
ade, the Uniform of the corps Of cadets
was changed from blue to gray.
For every Bank of England note issued
there Ia a seperate credit opened in the
bank lsdgers. On its return to the bank
1t is cancelled, and it's credit Ia closed.
Thus, every day there are accounts made
up of notes going out and coming in, and
the exact number In circulation ia known
to the officials. More than $4,000 day
Are paid in and cancelled. Ths old notes,
though instantly defaced, are not immedi-
stely destroyed. They are marked and put
away in bundles, and kept for Eve years,
In case any question may arise concerning
them. There are always about 80, 600, 900
Of such old notes lying in the Bank Of En-
gland, capable of being traced and brought
to light In a few minutes. Everything
but the manufacturing of the paper for the
bsnknotes is dons,on the bank premises-
the making Of the dies for the water mark,
the prepstion of the plates used in printing,
and the printing itself.
Those who do not fully understand how
the electric cars go will be enlightened by
the following explanation made by one
New York man to another: You see that
little copper wheel on top of the pole,
that runs along pressing against the wire.
Well, that's what makes the electricity.
That was the invention. The pole from
the car-roof with the copper wheel on the
end of It is what they call the carbon.
Now some fellow discovered that such g
wheel on the end of the carbon, running
against steel wire. created the electricity.
The faster that copper wheel revolves, the
more electricity 1t makes ahd the faster
the car goes. That's the reason the little
copper wheel is made 80 small. Then the
extra power, more than is necessary to
keep the car going, you know, Is sccumu-
lated in those things at each end of the
car, and when the driver wants to start
her up he just turns his crank and lets
out enough electricity to start her; then
the copper wheel on top of the carbon
starts generating, and so on 1t goes. Great
invention, sir; great inventionl