The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-04

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Lyman j. Gage rides the bicycle, but
he has no wheels.
Arkansas has town named Credit.
That's what Kansas needs.
There are now twenty-seven colored
men on the Chicago police force, and
1t is significantly added, "the number
has been increasing since the adoption
of civil service examinations for admis-
sion to the force"
The Missouri State board Of health
recommends that all pupils of the pub
lie schools throughout the State be
given a course Of instruction in the
causes of consumption and means by
which it may be prevented.
Melbourne, Australia, has arrayed his
male choristers in Highland dress,
while. the women are attired in the
costumes Of the Lady of the Lake"
The hymns are sung to the strains of
the bagpipe, and the church is crowded.
hay a str
education. Two young women of Mos
COW recently strangled an old female
miser and took her money, as they ex-
planned in court, s'In order to provide
themselves with funds for travelling
abroad to complete their scientific edu-
cation"
"A wide ocean wall along the coast of
New Hampshire, from New Castle to
the Massachusetts line. a distance of
twenty-five miles or so, is the purpose
of bill which has been introduced in
the State legislature. 1t would take in
the beaches at Rye and Hampton and
skirt the rocky shore of Little Bears
Head.
A comprehensive resolution adopted
by the North Carolina senate asks the
senators and representatives from that
State to use all efforts, not only to Sc
cure unlimited free coinage, but also
to further increase the amount of legal
tenders sufficient to meet the needs OF
increasing population and business; to
abolish the national banking system
and have the government issue all
money and currency: to prevent dis
elimination against any Of the various
kinds of lawful money and to prevent
the retirement of greenbacks; to Sc
cure a graduated income tax, the es-
Establishment Of q postal telegraph and
telephone system, and government pos
tai savings banks.
DR.. Abbott's interesting views con-
cerning Jonah are followed by his
comments Oh LHS poOh " iAovSAps''
This book is not without humorous
quality, he thinks, some of the passages
being really funny, especially that
about the contentious woman. 1.-THE
Proverbs" he said, "are the result of
keen and careful observation, epito-
anized in brief and pregnant sentences.
we are not to look in them for any
philosophy or theology. There is no
hint in them Of the great doctrines OF
Christianity, no system of life. The
book is in no sense g. theological one.
Ut does not tell what ought to be, but
what is, but there is no better book for
a young man to take who wants to
guide himself according to the best
counsels Of, this life
The United States Supreme court has
rendered a decision that materially en-
Jarses the power Of states to tax the
property OF corporations that have
heretofore avoided taxation by claiming
avoidance rights under the Interstate
commerce law The Importance Of this
decision may be understood when it is
stated that the tax commissioners Of
Ohio, under the Nichols law, raised the
assessment on express company prop
erty from s2S9, 900 to $4,249,000. A SINH
lar advance in the assessment was
made in Indiana and Kentucky, where
the same lew was put on the statute
books. This decision sustains state
laws and established a new principle O
taxation, which probably will be seized
upon by legislatures of many state:
which are in need of more funds ant
which have found no way to get a
the real value Of property belonging tt
corporations within their limits.
How it Was Done.-"Look here, Spit
kins, my boy; how was it that you
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