The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-27

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Local Notices 10 cents per line. .,o,r
Yearly advertisers are limited TO tn1,a
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include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The governor of New Mexico reports
an increase of 100000 in the population
of that territory in the past seven
years.
A number of unmarried women of
New York have organized themselves
into a society for the prevention OF
hereditary diseases. They pledge
themselves not to marry any man
whose family is tainted with consump-
tion, insanity, alcoholism or other
heritable disease. They have made a
good beginning.
There are some women in Grandin,
Missouri, who are emancipated. They
run a sawmill The engine is in
charge of a woman, the room where
the big saws are operated is in charge
of a woman, and both lathes and saws
are handled by women throughout the
plant, while several young women are
constantly filing away at saws, sharp
ening them, and women also fill other
positions looking to the keeping Of the
machinery In shape.
The Equitable Gas company of New
York informed householder that her
gas meter had not been working accu-
rately, and that it was estimated that
she owed s82 in addition to the bills she
had paid. She demurred and the COM
pany notified her that if she didn't pay
in twenty four hours, the gas would be
shut off. First she applied to another
gas company,but after agreeing to sup
ply her the managers declined. Then
she got out a temporary injunction for
bidding the cutting off of the gas, and
now this has been extended to admit a
trial of the case on it's merits.
Cleveland is experimenting with
change in the hours of attendance at
the high schools. Hitherto in that city
the high school pupils have been re-
quired to attend from nine a. m. until
two p. M, with a half-hour intermis-
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necessarily a cold one, as there was not
sufficient time to go home, and Cleve-
land had not provided. as is done in
some other cities, accommodations
whereby the pupils could buy warm
broths, stews and the like. The new
hours are from eight a. m. to 1890 p.
m, with no intermission. Advantages
claimed for the change are that 1t will
permit the pupils to go home to lun-
cheon, and will give them longer
afternoon either for study or recrea-
tion.
The playing-cards used by the En-
peror William of Germany have old
German designs on their faces. The
backs are devoted to a symbolical ex-
position of the Triple Alliance. The
Prussian Eagle, the Double Eagle of
Austria and the Silver Cross of the
House of Savoy appears on a red field,
surrounded with ivy and surmounted
by the imperial crown. Similar de-
and the -four colors" are strewn over
the card. The picture cards are exc
cuted in corresponding style. The
king of diamonds is said to have a
family likeness with the great Kur-
furst. The queen of hearts appears as
simple Gretchen, and the knave of
diamonds as knight of st. John.
The following rules are hung up (and
some of them are sometimes followed)
in a well-regulated Chicago kitchen:
!. Always serve the meals punctually.
2. Always serve them hot g. Never
allow the sink to become clogged or
dirty. 4. Clean and put away utensils
as soon as done with. s. Write on the
kitchen slate the name of any domestic
ingredient that may be nearly finished.
g. Never use table silver to stir the
cooking food with. Z. Always begin to
cook in good time; there is no good
cooking done in a hurry s. Never
waste crusts of bread g. Hang out the
kitchen towels and dishcloths to dry as
soon as used. 10. Use the kitchen cups
and plates, not the best china, for mix
ing ingredients in. II. Hang all brooms
up and never use them for other pur
poses than the one they were made for.
IL. Leave the kitchen perfectly tidy and
clean before going to bed
A method Of preserving boilers not in
use has been prescribed for the French
navy According to this the boilers
are completely filed with fresh water,
and in the case of large boilers with