The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-09

gully duFeEu5erS are limited TO tlolt
own Immediate business (all matter to be
GnoD1ectionable)l. and their contracts do not
include Wants. To Let. For Sale etc.
The red men can still say things
graphically. For instance, this plea Of
the Chippewa Indians to congress- 30,
men. we come to you because you are
the source of all power You have a.
commission sitting among us who take
$lS OF our money and every evening
when night falls s13 are dead. Abolish
that commission and every evening $13
VIII be made alive to us. We do not
want to be short and left sitting naked
on the sands Of the lake shore"
In q paper on longevity, printed in
the Lancet, DR.. Ainslee Hollis comes to
the conclusions: a. That the primary
factor in long life consists in an in
tlerited durability; the vital machinery
Is wound UP to go for given period
and but for accidents or in spite of them
IT will go till the time appointed, (2.)
That an important part of the primary
i Inheritance is good digestive and nutri-
tive power. (3) That temperance is
necessary in the use Of the nutritive
functions both in eating and in drink
Ing, and in regard to all kinds of food
and drink. a. That an energetic tenn
permanent and active habits conduce to
longevity.
The New Orleans Picayune says: Ac-
cording to the accounts received from
the sugar plantations, preparations are
being made to still further increase the
acreage devoted to sugar This resolu-
tion, Notwithstanding the fact that the
last season has not been favorable,
shows that the planters are disposed to
take philosophical view of the results
OF the campaign just closed, and to ar
que that the bad weather which led to
the unfavorable results during the
present winter is not likely to be again
repeated for the reason that no such
meteorological conditions have prevail
ed for a decade prior to this winter.
The German bark Certemis cleared
from Seattle lately with the most vaIu-
able cargo of dimension lumber that
was ever produced by the mills of
Puget sound. The material is to be
r.rad y, tho ooyr truot;ou 10 ,,yor ,,a,s.1
for the German navy, and consists of
100000 feet, the product of three mills.
The lumber was so closely culled that
It required two months for these mills
to fill the bill, and they were compelled
to charge at the rate of $50 per 1000.
Millions of feet were produced during
the time specified. A single knot would
cause the rejection Of a 50-foot stick.
The material Is to be used for masts,
Seattle to Hamburg.
IA prominent trainer and exhibitor of
bears says that one can buy baby cubs
In Russian villages for as little as SO,
but a full-grown cub costs IS. In
severe weather the bears swoop down
on Russian villages. For six months,
during the winter, they live without
food, in caves and tree hollows, allow
ing the snow to entirely cover them.
During this time, strange as it may
Fo%
their captive bears on bread and vege-
table food, giving them very little meat. |
On the stage they are plentifully fed |
with sugar and carrots and most of |
them would refuse to go through their |
tricks, if the dainties were not forth
coming
"A novel charity work is being done
in one of the poorer sections of New
York. Clothing for men, women, girls
and babies is sold for whatever price
the purchaser can afford to pay for it.
Sometimes the clothing is sold for 1
cent, sometimes more Good clothing,
too; clothing which cost the original
purchaser $50 and even SIS suit Many
Of the purchasers are washerwomen,
seamstresses, housemaids and scrub
women. The men customers are usually
out of employment and also out at the
knees, elbows and toes as to attire. To
these are sold comfortable second hand,
partly worn clothes at whatever price
the would be purchaser can afford to
nav. Often it is 81 and sometimes only
/ cent. If some payment is made and
this payment is all that the buyer can
afford. the management of the charity
Ia satisfied.
The State Board of Health in North
Carolina hasn't a narrow idea of it's
duty. 1t does not confine itself to build
ing legal cordons around plague spots,
or to giving good advice in health bull
letins which nobody reads, but it uses
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