The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-23

A Buffalo paper asks the public to
call women who ride bicycles "cyclo-
donnas." Some of them look like that.
A Russian chemist says he has dis
covered compound which is so power
full an anaesthetic that "a little of 1t
exploded over an enemy will put an
entire army to Sleep"
Mr.. Harmsworth who betrayed the
expenses of the jackson expedition in
Franz Josef Land, has declared that he
will send two ships to the Arctic next
season and keep an expedition in the
Arctic regions till complete map call
be made of all the accessible parts of
the North Polar world. The Jackson
expedition has cost him 100000.
1t is announced that If it were not
for the resistance of the air the bicy-
clist would be able to attain tremen-
dous speed, as the modern maker has
greatly reduced the friction due to the
machines action. A man who can
pedal along at thirty miles an hour
would be able, If there were no other
resistance to be conquered than that Of
the road and the machine, to travel at
a rate of $50 miles an hour; or If he
rode at twenty-n1ile gait he could
makes 100 miles per hour. 1t is lucky
for pedestrians that there is air.
The opinion that strikes do not pay
in the long run, in spite of occasional
instances in which the men obtain what
they demand, is strengthened by re-
cent report Of the Labor Bureau at
Washington, which gives statistics Of
strikes from 1881 to 1894 inclusive. Dur
ing that time S,714.4O6 persons were
thrown out of employment, thereby
suffering a loss in wages Of $3.50. S07 1866.
strikes failed entirely; 80 per cent.
are classed as successful, and 1914 per
cent. as doubtful or partly successful"
An examination of the recent Rus
sian census tables by Prince Krapatkin
shows that the center of gravity of the
population of European Russia has
been shifted within the last fifty years
southwark. That is, the Baltic is los
ing more and more of it's Importance
to Russia and the Black and Caspian
seas are gaining in proportion. All the
large cities, with the exception of st.
Petersburg and Riga, are situated to
the south Of Moscow, and the prince
mentions nine towns Of from $1,000 to
10000 inhabitants which fifty years
ago were quite insignificant spots"
They are now either centers of con-
siderable trade or of some important
branch of industry.
An ardent populist. with the proven
bal whiskers was delivering a. speech
somewhere in the wolds of Kansas.
During the course of his remarks he
said: Fellow citizens, It is necessary
for the welfare of our country that sill
yer should be kept at its face value. If
the government marks a dollar dollar,
it follows that it must be worth 100
cents" A voice coming from the rear
of the crowd interrupted him, saying:
"Excuse me, Mr.. Speaker, may I ask
question:" Certainly, sir" replied the
populist, "a dozen If you like" '"Then,
Mr.. Speaker, I should like to know if
the government marked your whiskers
hay would mule eat them?"
E. G. Roberts, justice of Lapeer,
Michigan, calls himself a matrimonial
magistrate, as his principal business is
marrying. His card reads as follows:
"E. c. Roberts, the Original and Only
Exclusively Matrimonial Magistrate.
Offices at the Elevator or First National
Bank Parlors, or Wherever Most Con-
venient to SWANS. Marriages Solem-
nized Promptly, Accurately and Elo-
quently-Plain Ceremony--Legal Fee
Oscillation Extra. Elopements Spe-
cialty-Night Calls Answered Without
Extra Charge-Consultation Free. A
Fine Line of High Grade Bridesmaids
and Groomsmen Constantly on Hand to
Assist in the Services N B.-My Anti
Blush-ine is Warranted Effective. and
Will Not Injure the Most Delicate Com
plexion."
There has been much comment of ate
upon the increase of insanity in Eng
land 1t seems. from a recent official
report, that similar if not worse
condition of affairs exists in Prussia
where the lunatic asylums find diff
Guilty in providing accommoda tons for
the crowds of applicants for admission.
In 1871 the total number of lunatics in
Prussia was SO O63, in 1880 il had risen
to 66,345, while In 1896 it had gone up
to $3.50. 1t is interesting to note also
that, while the growth of insanity Is
general, ii is more marked among men