The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-25

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LEGAL Notices. 10 cents per line.
own immediate business ;all matter to be
nn9btectiona ble)l; and their contracts do not
Include Wants. To Let. For Sale, etc.
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It has been voted by the Washington
legislature that bicycles are baggage,
but the law has no penalty clause
M. Bertillons famous system of
measurement for criminals has been In
troduced into Germany and has been
recently used in all cases where a sus-
pected anarchist was the prisoner. The
system has found such favor in the eyes
4 OF Emperor William that he has con-
ferred upon M. Bertillon the decoration
of the third class of the Order of the
Grown.
occasionally the London Spectator
says true and intelligent thing about
affairs in this country. The Americans
have an idea," says the Spectator, "an
idea derived from the melancholy ex-
perience of their great cities. that thew
have not the men whom they can trust
TO govern well, but they underrate their
own capacity for fitting the supply to
the need" True enough. There are
many good men left in this country vet
The grand sire of Odd Fellowship for
the world told the Odd Fellows of Mas
Eachusets the other day that applica-
tions for the establishment of lodges
are coming from our new possessions
Va letter was recently received from a
member Of the order who is in Manila
who said that lone of the naked ma
Hives noticing the Odd Fellows pin he
wore, fell upon his neck and said: 4,
too. am an Odd Fellow! This native had
entered the order in England"
The strength Of vision in savages
proves to be much less extraordinary
than was supposed. DR.. Beheim, on a
sight of 1853 Kaffirs, Besutos, Hotten-
-tQts zulus and Bushmen, finding 1900 |
with normal vision equal to that in |
Europeans, 257 with stronger sight, and !
eighty-seven with weaker. Phenomenal
vision was shown by KafIir girl of |
fourteen. who perceived objects at sixty |
Ea~ all
could at twenty feet.
The Russian government has issued a
decree depriving the Finnish parlia-
ment and senate of the right of dis
cussing measures designed to bring
Finland into closer relations with the
rest Of the empire. This move is said
to have caused great excitement
pers of which declare that Finnish
rights to home rule have been practical
" destroyed. The sentiment in Sweden
appears to be that there is danger that
the next act on the part of Russia will
be directed against the Scandinavian
peninsula.
Concerning the good-roads movement
IN Canada, the Montreal Herald says:
Mr., Chauret's proposal that cinder
paths for bicyclists be built along side
the highways is not one which should
be adopted by the legislature Good
roads are just as necessary for the men
who drive horses as for those who pedal
bicycles, and the sound policy is to i'm
prove the whole of the road allowance,
SO that it may be used with equal ad-
vantage by bicyclists and horsemen
The wheelman needs a good road, but
the road that is good enough for him
in carriage or drives team of horses i,
to market.
What is described as typical noun {
tain wedding took place near Batesville Il
Virginia, few days ago, when Miss {
Luthers. About one hundred guests S
were present. A rejected sutton of Miss I
Clemmons was among the guests, con- t
spicuous by broad band of crepe 7
worn on his arm. During the ceremony s
the Tilted man and his sympathizers ex- i
pressed their sense of bereavement by g
low sorrowful moaning.
After all the fuss the United States T
hes come out of its Pacific railroad in i
vestments well. 1t appears that with /
the exception of interest on some Sc, O00,- /
900 advanced to the Kansas Pacific, the t
entire amount of the debts of the roads /
to the government, principal and inter- r
est, has been either paid or its pay t
ment secured within the next ten years. t
This amount is in round numbers $124,- t
900, 900, and it has been accommodating t
since 1864 "a
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