The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-04

UW1s lmmeQlHCe business Tall lIldtleI " pC |
unobiectionahle), and their contracts DO not
include Wants, To Let. For Sale, ETC.
An ideally mean thief has just been
arrested In New York He reads the
death notices in the papers and then
goes to the house, poses as friend of
the deceased, finds out the situation of
the furnishings and valuables, and
when the funeral party leaves robs the
place.
"A Chinese traveller applying for a
passport must have his palm brushed
over with fine oil paint, and then press
It on thin, damp paper, which retains
an exact impression of the lines Of his
hand. Transference Of the passport is
then impossible, for no two persons
have the same lines on the palms.
According to a correspondent Of the
Manchester Guardian, some wicked
English manufacturers soak fiannelette
with a mixture Of Epson salts, glyce-
rine and castor oil to give it weight,
and he also says that cotton waste
twill sheets are adulterAted to the ex-
tent Of twenty-five per cent. with a So
luton Of zinc.
Baron Won Richtkoven says that at
the present rate Of consumption the
world could draw it's supplies of coal
from southern Shenshi alone for over
thousand years; and vet, in the very
place referred to, it is not uncommon
to find the Chinese storing up wood
and millet-sta1ks for their firing In
winter, while coal in untold quantities
lies ready for use beneath their feet.
The late Mr.. Singerly of Philadelphia
might have lived longer if he had
smoked less. His physician says he
had warned him repeatedly against the
excessive use of tobacco, and for six
months he did not smoke at all. Then
he began the habit again, and smoked
from eighteen to twenty-five cigars a
day. He protested that he couldn't
possibly give up his cigars, and that If
It came to a matter Of his imperilling
his life or losing the balm that he got
from smoking he would choose the lat
ter alternative.
DIR. Van der Heyden Of Yokohama
has just built an antiseptic dwelling
house, supposed to be microbe-proof.
The walls Of this building are plates of
alright. Near the roof there is a
small opening for the outflow of air
from the living rooms, so arranged that
no air can enter that way Air from
outside can get in only through tube,
whose opening is at some distance from
the house. The air that enters Is fill
tered first through cotton batting and
then is sterilized by passing through
glycerine.
Famous Girton college, England, has
appealed to the public for help with it's
building fund, for the old college has
completely outgrown it's present build
ings. The dining hall no longer holds
the students; new books cry for room
in the library; the cooking Of the din
ner has become an intricate problem
and lectures are a source of embarrass-
ment when studies have to be turned
into lecture rooms. Many changes are
contemplated provided the necessary
$250,00o is Forthcoming. OF this sum
about $4,000 has been raised. 1t is now
thirty years since Girton was started
as a college for women.
England Is not often much behind
the procession. The statement issued
by the British foreign office in regard
to the results obtained by British dip
lomacy at Pekin shows substantial
gains The internal highways of trade
in China are to be opened to all the
world in June next. That is to say,
where foreigners are now allowed by
treaty to use native boats only, they
will hereafter be allowed to use steam
ers. The control of the Chinese mari
time customs is to remain in the hands
of a British subject so long as British
trade in Chinese ports exceeds that of
any other power. At present four
fifths of China's foreign trade is in
British ships. The British government
is also assured that the valley of the
Yang -Kiang river shall never be
mortgaged. leased or ceded to any for
elsn power-an indefinite engagement
which may be politically useful to Eng
land at some future time.
1t has been prophesied that the high
price of wheat this winter would result
in causing the farmers of the north
western States to put in an increased
acreage, which would mean larger
production and consequent reduction il