Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-21
NEW HAVEN CONN. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2l. 1894.
Of the church, and have been remarkably

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of the church, and have been remarkably
succsssfu1.
A British nobleman who vas sued for
breach of promise Is reported to have de-
clared that 1t was impossible for him TO
contradict 8 lady and that, therefore, he
would not deny that he had made the
promise; but he insisted that the lady had
exaggerated the value of his affections
and that that value was fair question
for jury. The lady recovered l per cent.
or SO of her original claim and the mulcted
nobleman declared that the Cross examina-
tion of her by his counsel was amply
worth the money.
There has been organised In Munich,
which is known as the busiest city In Ger
many, q branch of the National Associa-
hon Against the Abuse of Alcoholic
Drinks. Privy Councillor Won Psttenkofer
has been elected its president and Profess
sors DR.. Volt and Bolllnger are the vice
| presidents. Noted ecclesiastics, including
the Archbishop Won Thorna and high MILL
tary officers are among the promoters.
The leader Of the movement emphasizes
| the fact that the use of her when breaches
q point such as 1t has in Bavaria gradually
undermines the resistibility of the body
and the mental energy, and that therefore
both from an economical and humanitarian
point of view the consumption of beer
ought to be restricted.
There is a good deal of freedom in
Switzerland, but not enough for anarch-
ists. A law which has just been enacted
by the Swiss Legislature provides that any
person caught using explosives, manufsc-
turing explosive machines or giving direc-
tions for the construction thereof, shall be
punishable by a minimum term of ten
years. imprisonment with hard labor. Five
years is the smallest penalty imposed upon
| anyone found transporting, concealing or
possessing explosives, while anything in
the shape of melting people to commit
outrsges, either verbally or In print, Is
visited with minimum sentence of three
months incarceration. This law may be
said to have passed without opposition,
| obtaining the almost unanimous approval
of the Legislature, and entered into opera
ton within forty eight hours after being
presented in the house.
An Easter sensation in Paris is thus de-
scribed by an English correspondent: A
florist in the Boulevard st. German has
been attracting people to his shop by or
ganizing what may be called a tableau
| vivant of Christ in the tomb. The trades-
mans shop, converted into a chapel, is
decorated with gsrlsnds of roses and white
| lilac, which hangs In profusion from the
| ceiling, and are attached In festoons on
the walls. Envelopsd in white shroud
lying in the position of the Christ of
Philippe de Chsmpaignie, with bare arms,
feet and hands stained with the stigmata,
the forehead apparently bleeding from the
crown of thorns, with disordsred hair
around his bowed head, and with a pale
face and sunken eyes, q fgure-thst of
but in living ''fesh and blood" The man
who lies thus in the florists shop during
ten hours of the day is painters model.
The crowd of persons outsids anxious to
witness the spectacle WAS so great that
policemen had to be told to keep them In
| order while awaiting their turn to enter.
Itisnow possible to enumerate the princi-
pal changes that have been made in the kit
l of Ikha narpoan 3nfe,krv MAN nth kha rfaxv
of tightening his burden to the utmost ex-
tent. The stand-up collar is to be replaced
by turned-down one, the length Of the
coat is to be eurtsiled, the calico shirt is
to~b be exchanged for one made of come
knitted texture, the upper parts of the boots
are to be made of some lighter leather, and
the nails employed in them are to be man,
ufactured of lighter metal. The knapsack
and its contents will be considerably light
ened. The weight of the polishing mate
rials and of the timed food will be reduced
by 200 and 400 grammes respectively. The
hinder cartridge pouch will disap-
pear, and to compensate for Its loss
the two front ones will each contain
forty-fve instead of thirty-hve cartridges
as hitherto, while an extra reserve supply
of thirty per man will follow in the rear
Further, the present bsyonet will be super
seeded by . new model weighing between
400 and 500 grsmmes less, the belts, ETC.,
will be made Of narrower leather, the mum
ber of the intrenohine tools will be reduced
to fifty spades, ten pickaxes, and fv,
hatchets per company, which will be car
ried by the strongest men, the mounting
of the helmets will be made of aluminium
; and reduced In size, and the overcosts vii
not be so thickly padded as heretofore
These innovations represent diminutioi
in the weight of the marching kit of thir
, teen pounds or fourteen pounds.