The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-05
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A steel plate has just been turned
cut by an English firm that is said to
be the largest ever made. After shear
ing it measures seventy-six feet eight
inches by five feet, and is six-tenths of
an inch thick; 1t is without a flaw and
weighs five and half tons.
The total of all national debts is $685.
900, 900, 900. The most heavily burdened
nation is France, with her debt of &c.
900, 100000. Next comes Great Britain,
with So, ,000,0 900, then Russia, with ST.
$4,000, 600; then, if Austria and Hun
gary be counted separately, Italy, with
$2,525 100000; and then the United
States, with s1.6s5, 900, 900.
notable and encouraging result of
the bicycling craze is that in England
the demand for skilled mechanics has
become so strong that young men are
turning away from business offices and
entering factories, where they can earn
two or three times the wages they
would receive as clerks. Already the
merchants of Birmingham are begin
ming to complain of the difficulty of OBJ
tanning young clerks.
The Convict bill just passed by the
Alabama State senate is radical
measure. AT present the convicts are
being worked in the coal mines. This
bill proposes that three-fourths Of the
State convicts and all Of the county
convicts be taken out and worked on
the farms, in the brick yard and cotton
factories belonging to the State The
theory is that the new plan is more
humane and more equitable, because
the convict competition is distributed
and will in the end be more profitable
financially.
To propitiate the rain god during
drought a Chinese magistrate has is
sued the following proclamation: Obey
ing my superiors, this proclamation is
issued, and again we beseech the favor
of heaven. Sheep, hogs and all such
animals must not be slaughtered, nor
must there be any barter in them.
Chickens, ducks, fish and shrimps
must not be sold for food. Onions and
garlic must not be eaten. Let no one
Nightly or negligently regard this. 1t
any one purposely disregards this proc
lamation he will be brought before the
magistrate and beaten.
The Supreme court of Iowa rules that
a man can have revelations from God
and not thereby give anybody a right
TO call him crazy. The decision was
libel. Plaintiff had instituted proceed
tngs to compel creamery to cease op-
erations on Sunday, announcing that
he took this action in obedience to
revelation from God. One of the pro-
prietors of the creamery, therefore, cir
culated a report that the plaintiff was
insane. The sanity of the man favored
with revelations was established to the
satisfaction Of the court by medical
testimony, and the injurious report was
adjudged to be malicious as well as I'M
FOUNDED and not privileged.
In a recent report to the department
of state Consul-General Bowen (Barce-
lona) says: During the latest bullfight
season, from April to October 20, 1896,
there were Ats bullfights in Spain, and
1,21S bulls, valued at 100000, and 5,730
horses, valued at 100000, were killed.
The number of matadores, the principal
fighters who kill the bulls, was %, and
they were paid for their services in all
1,329,00o pesetas (about Sci, 5O0) The
less renowned matadores received from
$500 to $500 for each fight in which they
took part, while the most renowned re-
ceived from $500 to $3.50. The famous
Guerrita appeared in SIS fights, killed
174 bulls, and received in all 900;
Bombita fought 43 times, killed 112 bulls
and was paid $1,000; Mazzantini was
in the ring 80 times, killed 6S bulls and
made SIT 700. They were the favorite
matadores. Some only appeared in the
ring once or twice, and they were those
who received the smallest remunera-
ton. 1t cannot be truthfully said that
the interest in bullfights is diminishing
in Spain; on the contrary, it seems
more intense than ever
The General Industrial Associa ton of
Munich, in cooperation with the Poly
technic Association of that city, will
hold, in 1898, an exhibition of motors
and machine tools with special regard
to the requirements of small manufac-
turers. The exhibition will open on
JunA IL, 1898, and will close on October
10 of that year It win be under the