Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-03-02

was readiug her proclamation, thought
she had little stage fright, but in this re-
ception room saw that she was under the
influence of a stimulant; in fact, she was
drunk. There is no question In my mind
about It at ALL"
Mr.. Arthur Balfour, at Q recent meeting
of the Psychical Research society, at the
Westminster town hall, London, spoke
for an hour from only the briefest notes,
and It Is said to have made q profound i'm
precision, although he told no ghost stories
and did not profess q belief in spparitions.
His chief tonic was animal magnetism, and
he said that at dinner he had often sat
next to women who proved to him that
they were able, by the exercise of win
power, to make any person at distance
turn toward them involuntarily. This is
nothing to what women can do with their
Wills.
The peasantry in the northern region of
European Russia are In . pitifully inpov-
erished condition, which Is daily becoming
more acute. The region most affected
covers an area of not less than S75, ,00o, 900
acres. While the imperial government is
formulating plans for the commercial and
industrial development of this region by
the building of railroad systems, the local
governors are appealing for assistance to
keep the people from actual starvation.
The people have not enough for bread to
last them through the winter. They are
four years in arrears with their taxes. and
are hopelessly indebted to the crown for
advances made during and since the late
famine.
A Haverhill (Msssschusetts) man has
come to the conclusion that his son doesn't
need any business training. In order to
impress business methods on his son In
early life he told the youngster that If he
would see that the gas bill was paid before
. certain time each month he could have
the discount for himself. The Hsverhill
youngster took very kindly to the idea and
captured the discount each time the bill
came In. To bis fathers surprise, how
ever, the gas bill began to increase at re-
markable rate. He found one night that
his son was burning gas all over the top of
the house from 10 O'Clock until 6 the next
morning. The youngster had become q
Napoleon of finance and had discovered the
fact that the bigger the bill the bigger the
discount.
Ex-State Treasurer Vincent, of Alabama,
was a convict in the Pratt mines for em
bezzling the funds of the State, and while
a convict he pursued the avocstion of a
banker. Some OF the eonyicts had money
when convicted, others acquired 1t through
the sale of property or By the death of
relatives, and others were allowed TO earn
O little on the outside. ALL of this found |
It's way to Vincent's bank and was loaned
as q rule, outside of the penitentiary walls,
but also to the guards and other employees
of the prison. The experiment WAS sue
cessful, and engendered spirit of saving |
upon the part of the convicts, while 1t pre-
vented murder for the purpose of robbery,
such crimes having been committed among |
the convic.s in previous years. 1t Ia prob |
ably the only case in the country, how /
ever, of a convict banker with convict de- |
poeitors, not secured in any way, yet |
trusting their all to their fellow convict. |
When Vincent WAS released his accounts IS |
= banker Tailed to a cent.