The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-07

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1t is said that the defense of Pekin,
China, is still largely intrusted to men
armed only with bows and arrows.
Twenty-Five horseless cabs are now
running in the streets Of New York
and the talk is that a thousand Of them
will soon be in service.
Instruction in art is given to 2,445, 1856
persons year in England and Wales
through the Department of Science and
Art. This, however, includes drawing
In the elementary schools with their
2,25o,000 pupils at a cost of $sS0,000
year.
"A Cincinnati man says he went to
New York to dispose of a consignment
of apples, for which he received thirty
cents per barrel. The next day he
lunched at a heightened restaurant and
had to pay thirty cents for two baked
apples which he had ordered. Then
the value Of apples dawned on him.
The nQntain nf tho Gvyo1I raup1ry
troop Of Cleveland, Ohio, has issued or
ders to his men to get everything ready
TO go to "the war" at moments no.
tice Each dashing cavalryman is to
fake with him, among other articles,
pair of scissors, a silken night cap,
three handkerchiefs and suit of i'm
derclothes (silk preferable). Silk night
caps and silk underwear have always
been considered necessary by good sol
diers. Caesars soldiers wore them.
An enthusiastic citizen of Emporia,
Kansas, has written to the president
asking him to hold back the rest Of the
United States and let Kansas turn loose
on the Spaniards single handed. He
informs Mr. Mckinley that Kansas has
more than 100000 men able to 60 forth
to war, and that they are simply ach-
ing to whip somebody There is some
thing in this idea. 1t might do Kan
] sas good to go to war. 1t might knock
some Of the nonsense out of her.
sir Boyle Roche is known to fame as
the man who smelt a rat. saw him
floating in the air and nipped a bud;
but writer in the current Cornhill has
unearthed some less familiar bulls from
the same eminent source. For exam
pie, discoursing on the relations be-
tween England and Ireland, Sir Boyle
declared that "he is an enemy to both
Kingdoms who wishes to diminish the
brotherly affection Of the two sister
countries" This is, however, no better
than the benevolent wish of the COVER
nor Of Georgia, in his speech at the
last Atlanta exposition, that the occa-
sion might be an entering wedge which
would bring about a more perfect unity
between north and south.
Our pension list exceeds all Germa-
ny's army costs by more than 100000 0(
q year, and is $30,000000 more than that
of France Only Russia's military ex-
penditures upon her giant army, pa
trolling Europe and Asia from the Bal.
tic to the Yellow Sea and the Indiar
Ocean, exceed the sum which, thirty
years after the close Of the war, we
still annually pay over to our pension.
ers. Russia's military burden, all told
is $176942,600; our pension list is MOI
quite equal to this, but, with the cos
of our small army of $4,000 men added
the aggregate exceeds it. Our military
expenditures are thus greater thar
those Of any country In the world.
The trustees of the Woman's Temple
of Chicago have decided to send al
around the globe, wherever the adj
yancement Of women has made any de
cided progress or met with any sym.
pathy an appeal to all loyal women tt
send at least 81 and as much more al
she can spare. By this means it i!
hoped that the trustees will be able tt
raise most of the 100000 which is re
uuired to get control of the building
The outstanding stock is 100000. NJ
change can be made in the name with
out the vote of the majority of tn
stockholders. There are unpaid obi
cations amounting to almost 10000
These must be cancelled before tn
stock will be transferred 1t has bee,
Judged that 100000 will be sufficient t.
give the women complete control of tn
building.
The railroads of the United State
are more useful than some of thei
enemies are willing to admit. The
spend in year sum more than $1OO
100000 in excess of the total expend