The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-29

DankerS have had an INFORMAL CONFER
ence and have agreed that there is no
reason to call for special restrictions
In the making of loans for legitimate
business purposes.
A bill is being rushed through the
Massachusetts legislature to authorize
fire Insurance companies doing business
in the State to do also business in bonn
bardment insurance. Policies issued
by such companies are drawn up to
bower the destruction Of windows and
Feelings by the conclusion Of our own
batteries as well as losses by the bat
ferries of the foreign fleet.
Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts
tells good story on himself and Pres
ident Eliot of Harvard. When Phillips
Brooks was elected bishop few years
ago President Eliot met DR.. Lawrence
who was then dean of the Episcopal
Theological school at Cambridge, and
said to him: 1.-THE Church has made
the greatest mistake of lifetime.
Brooks was the pivot around which
we revolved in Boston; now you have
spread him all over the State" Years
after, when Phillips Brooks had gone
to his reward, and Dean Lawrence had
been chosen in his place, he met Presi-
+ dent Eliot on the street again. The lat
ter was warm in his congratulations.
my dear Bishop" he said, ST must
congratulate you. The Church couldn't
have made a better selection. thought
you should have been the choice when
Brooks was chosen
A Philadelphia paper tells of a girl
wearing pretty gowns and bonnets who
tried to train her large primary class
In mission school in habits of sys-
tematic and intelligent giving. Their
offerings were sent to the support of a
little Chinese girl in the home in San
francisco, and often and patiently did
the teacher go over the story of the lit
Tie girl rescued from home Of cruelty
and neglect, and tell the children how
their pennies helped to teach her about
Jesus. They listened with apparent
interest and understanding. One Sun
day, to make sure that her words sunk
into comprehending hearts, she inquir-
ed: "Now, children, what do do with
this money you bring every Sunday?"
( An unexpected stiffness was the only
answer. Surprised, she repeated her
question: "This money, you know,
that you bring every Sunday. I have
often told you; now, who can tell me
what I do with it?" One shrill voice
replied: eyer buy yer hats with it!'
A most intelligent foreigner now on
b visit to Europe is the Japanese
Journalist Chisen Asahina, editor-in-
chief Of the Toxic Nishi Nishi Schim-
bun. He gives interesting details as
TO the difficulties Of Typography in
Japan. Years ago the Chinese charac-
tiers used in printing were 1900; now
they have risen to $4,000, and for their
correct employment the working COM
positor has to have recourse to man
uscript key. AS things are, only one
process is required, but the ancient
Japanese characters would need four.
in Japan, he adds, there are 800 news
papers, twenty political journals ap-
pearing in Toxic alone. In the past
year were published 1896 books, COM
prising 1880 on law, 1888 on religious
subjects, 1871 on astronomy, 1922 on
music, 5000 on painting and sculpture,
S13 geographical works, 615 treatises on
agricultural matters. 667 dealing with
Industrial topics, 416 medical books, 462
novels "a small item, indeed), 1881 cal
endars, and 9S2 volumes of poetry.
All the railroad ties for the Santa Fe
Pacific road are for some years to
come, according to contract, to under
go what is known as the Wellhouse
preserving process, in which concen-
trated zinc chloride solution is employ
ed, and which is said to extend the life
of the ties to thirteen years. This
treatment is given by sealing the ties
in iron cylinders or retorts, and, a
vacuum in these being pumped, steam
is turned on for five hours; a vacuum
is again created, anu then the chloride