Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-27
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 27. 1894.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A Berlin paper says that Kossuth was .
Hebrew, whose nams was originally levin
Kohut.
The man who had the popcorn conoes-
sion at the Worlds fair has confessed that
he made enough out Of Il toersot . ane row
Of fats In Chiosgo.
The output of petroleum last year In this
country reached the enormous quantity Of
4s. .412, ,683 barrels, valued ct $2s, ,000, 900.
No depression of businsss In the subterra-
mean oil works.
It ID said that Major Le Caron, the Brit
ish spy, has left daughter, . very bssuti-
full girl, who inherits . considerable for
tune. Though he received very scanty pay
from the government, Ls Caron died .
wealthy man. Before giving his evidence
to the Parnell commission he stipulated
that his life should be insured for E20, 600
and that he should receive E1, 600 . year
for the remainder of his days.
The Natchsz Democrat ssys of the pro-
posal of Q wsstern sgitator that the States
west of the Mississippi, whose interests
conflict With those of the East, seceds and
make Galveston the New York Of the new
republic: ''The game of secession is dan
gerous and most costly one, as the people
of the southern States sassrtained some
years ago by actual experience, and they
will beg to be excused from participation
In any future effort to change the geo.
graphical lines Of the nation. They know
when to let we'll enough alone, and they are
remarkably well of just now"
Eogland went into the slough Of busi-
ness and commercial despond frst, and Ii
is encouraging to those who followed her
into 1t to notice that she Is coming out of
1t. According to the London Economist,
q real revival of business has begun over
there, with fuller employment for labor
and more hopeful reports from the chief
industrial centers. Exports, though lees
In value than last year, are greater In
quantity; imports show considerable In
crease, and receipts from freight business
are larger. OF course, there are some of
sets to this, but on the whole the Econo-
mist thinks II has reason to believe that
the volume of business is slowly increes-
ing.
A new and cheaper supply of tannin Is
being sought for. The plant called Ca
naigre, which Hourishes in New Mexico,
Arizona, Texas, California, Utah and the
Indian territory is well thought of bysome
interested in the matter. The root yields
the most tannic acid, but the stalks, stems
and leaves have enough to pay for harvest
ing. Its growth depends mostly on soil
and water, and while, perhaps, the best re-
suits would be obtained from irrigation,
yet 1t grows on lands that are dry for
the most of the year, appearing just after
the rainy season In February, rip-
ening rapidly and being ready for
harvest at the end of Nay. 1t
is possible that 1t might, therefore,
be very proftably cultivated on the plains
of Arix ona, New Mexico and other portions
of our great arid region now regarded -
worthless for want of irrigation facilities,
but which, perhaps, may thus be made %
valuable as the dry plains of Yuoatan have
become under their cultivation for the hen
equin, or sisal fibre. Excellent results
have been derived from specimens gathered
near Phoenix, Arizona. That 1t would eSt-
IDENTITY pay to cultivate on Q systematic
scale appears from the fact that canaigre
extract Is equal to the same quantity of
gambler, which Is worth 500 ton.