The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-21

1 Australian Students union. He trav-
 eled 15,O0O miles and delivered 290 ad- ! dresses. He spent another year in | travelling around the world and has | been for two years q graduate student at Yale in Biblical literature.
 l A meeting to complete organization of the Prohibition Alliance, West Haven, was held last evening at the home Of Albert Seibold, Richard Place.
 Miss Grace Miner of East Haddam is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest Gates ] in West Haven.
 The United Study of Missions will hold meeting this afternoon at 3:3O ! in the parlors of the First Congrega- tional church, West Haven. The lead CTS for the afternoon will be Mrs. Clar- I ence l.. Clark Mrs. George Mortimer and Miss Bertha Graham and Mrs. w. H. French pianist Subject for the af- ternoon, Constantine to Charlemange.' Papers will be read by Miss Graham; "Charlemange," Mrs. Clark; Chris tianity in Northern Germany, Scandi- navia and Denmark" Mrs. Benjamin Richards, Christian Women of the Middle Ages All ladies are cordial ! ly invited to attend.
 A service was held yesterday after
 noon in honor of Neal Dow. Mrs.
 Hutchinson, Mrs Steele and Mrs, Ral-
 ston read selections from his life and the services were very interesting. The
 meeting was held at 301 George street
 William Humphrey Rice of Hartford
 and Miss Charlotte Emily Mabel Scott
 of Pasadena, Cal, were united in mar
 riage al New Orleans, La, on Wednes-
 day of last week. The ceremony was
 performed by the Very Rev. Charles
 Welles at Christ church cathedral. Mrs.
 David G. Smythe of Hartford, sister
 of the groom, was in attendance. MT.
 and Mrs. Rice have returned to Hart
 ford to reside.
 Daniel c. Gilman, ex- president of
 Johns Hopkins university. formerly of
 this city, has an article in Scribner's
 Monthly for April on Some Notewor-
 thy Scholars" in the course of which
 he tells MT. Lowell's story of the Amer
 ican oyster. He says: "l met him
 GowelD in London as we were enter
 ing the gateway of the Fisheries exhi-
 biton on American Day. I must
 make an opening speech, he said, as
 the presiding officer and I have nc idea
 what to say Tell them the story of the American oyster I replied. What
 is that? he asked So I told him that our Baltimore biologist. Dr Brooks, had discovered recently that the American oyster differs from the European oyster by beginning it's career outside the pa- rental shell. In the oyster world, as in
 the human world young America is eager to begin life on his own account without parental supervision. Pretty soon I heard Mir. Lowell tell the story in his agreeable way. and it was cor rectly given in the report of his speech" Speaking of Scrbner's for April also an interesting exhibit Is to be seen in the window of the Pease-Lewi company the newsdealers. It shows the beauti- ful colored title cover page of Scrib- ner's for April in the ten stages of the development of the colorine and print ing. To most people the display is q revelation of much interest
 Major and Mrs. F. M Clark returned yesterday from an eleven weeks trip to Mexico and Arizona Major Clarks trip was partly for business He has mining interests there and was looking out for this business during his season l of recreation. Major Clark resided in the territory twenty years ago. Most of his time was spent in Prescott and Phoenix, and some of the places are over 1000 feet above the sea level. He says the territorys greatest lack is va ter, particularly in the mining regions Tn some places shafts have heen driven 3 100 feet without finding any trace of moisture, Major Clark says it is the ', richest mining region in the world