The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-09

orator.
1t is said that the crystal palace at
Sydenham is capable of holding great
er number of people than any other
building in the world. More than 100000
can be accommodated within it's walls.
Woman can blow her own horn now
adays Heppner, Oregon, has brass
band manned entirely by women, from
the cornet to the big drum They are |
in great demand for music for celebra-
tions in all the nearby places, and are
making money out Of it as well as hav-
ing any quantity of fun.
A novel stock company has been
formed in Indianapolis. Twenty bust
ness men have formed a stock compa-
ny, each contributing $1,000, and will
young men for the Klondike region, the
compact running five years, and the en-
tire forty to share equally all gold min
ed. An insurance Of 81, 900 will be plac-
ed upon each man going there, and in
case of death this insurance money
will be added to the pool A general
manager will be sent along. The COM
pany calculates that a sufficient num-
Der will die out Of which the remainder
can reimburse themselves for the in
surance money, whether any gold is
found or not.
The German government has refused
the request of the Protectionist society
or league to increase the duty on Amer
ican bicycles. They made this request
on the ground that the United States
tax on bicycles imported Is IS per cent,
amounting to nearly SIS on the aver
age, while Germany exacts a duty of
less than 81 on bicycle. Consul Gen.
eral Mckay at Berlin was inclined to
urge our government to lower the duty
on bicycles in the new tariff act He
wrote that while good American wheels
retalled in Germany at about $100, the
prices of German wheels averaged from
strength, lightness and elegance, have
driven the Belgian, Austrian and Eng
lish bicycles out of Germany entirely.
According to the report Of the Ma
tional Agricultural Society of France,
the annual milk supply of the city of
Paris amounts to 45,9SO,OO0 gallons, or
about 12s.5oO gallons day, which is
equivalent to two-fifths Of a pint per
inhabitant daily. The milk is obtained
from three separate sources First
there are some $500 cows in the Paris
dairies. Secondly, within radius Of
twelve miles of Paris there are kept
10000 mich cows, portion of whose
milk to the extent Of II $3.50, 900 gallons
annually, is sent into the capital by
road. Thirdly, the remaining 49, roc, 900
gallons arrive by rail from eleven diff
ferent departments on six different
lines. For the total the producers re-
ceive about thirty million francs per
annum, while the sum paid by the con-
sumers reaches fifty-four millions.
"A unique idea receives practical real
ization at a great .dyeing plant in
Leeds, England, in a peculiar method
on each side, the necessity of an extra
lining being thus done away with. In
this process the cloth or material to be
treated is first dyed through in any
shade of color In the usual manner
then. finished in the ordinary processes,
after which it is taken to a printing
machine provided with roller engrav-
ed all over uniformly with diagonal
lines cut deeply and running in one di-
rection over its surface, with diagonal
lines cut less deeply and running in
the other direction. This roller dips
into bath of thickened color of the
required shade and carries it up to the
cloth, which is by means of other roll.
ers brought in contact with the dyeine
roller; the latter, in order to prevent
the color penetrating too deeply, is
carefully adjusted in it's pressure, anG
thus the second color is kept from go.
ing more than half way through The
piece. Screw levers are also arranged
upon each end of the roller for adjust
ing the pressure. After the second col
or has been applied the cloth is steamed
and finished in the ordinary way.
A fortune made out of gold fish seem
an impossibility, but this curious com
merciaI success has recently bee
achieved. Several years ago quit