The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-24
Notice.


 Notice.
 We cannot accept anonymous or return rc- lected communications. In all cases the namt of the writer will be required, not for pubica. lion, but as a guarantee Of good faith.
 It appears that Dr. Harper, the presi- aent of the Chicago university, can blow his own horn if necessary. He astonished the Chautauquans by play Ing the cornet in Rogers band during lhe Friday concert.
 It is said that syndicates are formed In Europe for the purpose of ontfitting profligate and penniless noblemen who are to come to America with their titles and capture rich American girls, the ,yndioate to receive SO much per cent.
 An electric mosquito bar has been iIl- vented by Frenchman. Just as q mosquito touches it the insect receives death shock, It would be interesting to see Morris Cove mosquito tackle this Invention. We would bet on the mos quito.
 The title president appears in the Blble-Dnniel vii, 1-2: "It pleased Da- rius to set over the kingdom 120 princes, which should be over the whole king dom; and over these three presidents, of whom Daniel was first; that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage '
 The United States has done pretty well by Utah. One hundred sections of the government lands are given outright to the new State. No less than 90, ,000 acres are given for an agricultural col lege, two townships and 10000 acres for the University of Utah; for irrigat- ing purposes, 500, 900 acres; for an in sane asylum, for school of mines, for deaf and dumb asylum, for reform Ichool, for State normal school, for an Institution for the blind, each 100, 900 ,cres, and for miners hospital, 50, 900 heres.
 Figures have been printed recently to Ihow that the maximum of the pension list has been reached. Commissioner Lochren's report on the present state of ihe claim list shows that although there Ire 818,O OPT claims pending, so many of ,hese are for increase, and 80 many are consolidated with former applications that there remain only 287,209 appli- pants not already on the rolls. It is pertain that many of these will be re- jected, and ill view of the time it will lake to go through the list, and of the annual reduction of the present pen- sion roll by death, it is considered prob- able that the number of pensions will never be much greater than now.
 Tn his biography of his brother Sam uel Longfellow gives this account of tho origin of "Evangeline:" MT. Flaw thorne came one day to dine at Craige House, bringing with him his friend, H. l.. Conolly, who had been the rector of the church in South Boston. At dinner Conolly said that he had been trying in vain to interest Hawthorne to write a story upon an incident which had been related to him by a parishioner of his, Mrs. Halliburton. It was the story of a young Aoadian maiden, who at the dis. persion of her people by the English troops had been separated from her be. trothed lover; they sought each other tor years in their exile, and at last they met in a hospital where the lover lay dying. MT. Longfellow was touched by the story, especially by the constancy of it's heroine, and said to his friend "If you really do not want this inciden for tale, let me have it for poem, and Hawthorne consented Out of thi! grew "Evangeline''-whose heroine wa 2t first called Gabrielle.
 The Garden club is one of the institu tions of southern city, and it's 12 members are all women interested il the raising of fruits, flowers, and vege tables. No professionals are eligible t, membership, and the club has no fees Its revenue is derived from its annua Bhow, when all the members of the clul pay one entrance fee. After that they are admitted free of charge for the re msining days of the exhibition. The tund derived from the shows is used te meet the expenses of giving them an6 to pay the small premiums offered fo, excellence in various departments. The club has meetings twice a month, when the members tell their experiences in buying, the quality received, and their secrets in growing different things. Of the specialists one has become proficient in raising fine celery, one is testing potatoes.