The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-25

other property of the late Adolph Suit
70 valued at $1,OoO,O to satisfy claims
\ against the estate.
Tyndalls plan Of purifying water by
means Of electric currents has been
tried successfully in the Bruges canal
In Belgium After being subjected to
current of 1000 volts, the water became
pure and palatable.
George G. Plat, San Francisco phi
1anthropist, has formed a company to
insure against loss of employment. The
policyholder gets three-quarters of his
former pay for one month, while look
ing for new work, and If the new place
pays less than the old one the company
makes up the difference.
The storage of bicycles in Paris dur
ing the winter months is expensive. So
agreat many Parisians pawn their ma
/ chimes in the Mont de- Piete, or state
pawnshops The interest paid on the
advance Of money is very small and Is
a great saving on what would be paid
for storage. Besides, as the pawnshops
cannot say for certain that the bicycles
will be reclaimed they have to keep
them In good order, so that they will
bring a satisfactory price should they
be placed on the market.
According to DIR. Koppe's statement
In leading German medical journal,
chemically pure water is a poison to
the human system, as it "withdraws
the salts from the animal tissues, caus-
ing the latter to swell and initiate" Gla-
cier water, and water from the noun
tain brooks, which spring from the gla-
ciers, has been found very jnjurious
to patients in mountain sanitariums,
and to travellers in those regions. The
washing Of the stomach with distilled
water has now been abandoned and
mineral waters or water containing salt
has been substituted by the best phys!-
clans.
Judge Baker of the United States dis
trict court of indianapolis has decided
that a sheriff is responsible for the life
of prisoner placed in his charge as
he is for the property confided to his
care. The case comes up on a suit for
damages brought against an Indiana
sheriff by the administrator of the es-
tate Of man who had been taken from |
the sheriff by mob and 1ynched. 1t |
IL alleged that the sheriff was careless
and negligent, and permitted mob to |
assemble and left the Jail without a |
proper guard. On such a showing, ac-
cording to Judge Baker the sheriff is
civilly liable for damages resulting
from breach of official duty.
Chicago children seem to be as Won
derful as their fathers and mothers
Some time ago penny savings societies
were organized in a number of the
cities of the country, their aim being to
cultivate the habit of thrift among the
young people, particularly among school
children. The scheme provided for
stamp cards, upon which anybody
could be given credit for every small
coin that it was desired to save. When
a sufficient number of these coins were
accumulated, an account could be
opened at a regular savings bank The
nrhn fn
well in Chicago, where, during the first
four months of this year, the savings
society sold the public school children
stamps to the amount of $16,5SS.70. This
means that they saved that much mon-
ey, in exceedingly small sums There
are over 100000 children in the public
saved in four months was about
eight cents apiece.
Crude oil has been pronounced a fall
ure in laying the dust on the driveways
In Boston's parks Because of it's sue
cessful use in allaying the dust nuis- ,
hnce on railroad beds, and it's use on {
highways in some western localities in {
muddy spots, it was thought {
to effect an economy by substituting it l
FOR water on The parkways. But the l
important fact was overlooked that | .
railroad trains run on tracks. When | I
the oil was applied to the park roadway s
t was found that the compactness '
which is the result of the use of water /
IN dust was absent, and that as soon as :
traffic began to go over the road the t
ground assumed a dsagreeable "meali- +
ness" People also began to complain j
If the odor which arose from the oil, /
and to say that if the oil was used ex- C
-ensively the park would not be an l;
agreeable place in which to drive. The L
oicyclists, too. had grievance, and said c
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