The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-25

Scranton High school that the American
girl is without a superior in the world.
AT Waveland, Indiana, fifteen pupils
have been expelled from the high
school for refusing to sing high A when
Miss Anderson told them to. 1t is
thought the matter will now become an
issue in Waveland politics, as some of
the citizens object to the compulsory
study Of music in the school.
The Holton (Kansas) Tribune became
the victim of a curious typographical
error the other day. The editor was
fiercely resenting some charges made
BY his rival, and was made to say:
1.-THE man who says we never received
any Doodle money lies" 1t is a case in
which the letter en- cuts a mighty sight
Of figure.
Uncle 81 Collins, of Roseland, New
Jersey, says the coming winter is going
to be severe one. He cites the fol-
lowing observations made by him as
evidence of his assertion: The coons
have three sets of hairs, spring pigs
have extra sweetbreads, shingles have
shown a thicker fuzz, f1agstones have
sweat-frost in the sunlit mornings, and
SQUIRRELS have been putting away a big
supply of nuts.
The annual report of Lieutenant-Col-
onel Joseph Garrard, acting superin-
tenderlt of the Yosemite National Park,
shows that nearly ten thousand people
visited this wonderful region in 1903.
This Is only the beginning of travel
which is to result from the attractions
Of this mountainous region, whose trees
and waterfalls have been admired by
travellers from the most remote corners
Of the earth.
The newly organized Merchants and
Travellers Association of Philadelphia
has evolved novel plan for advertis-
Inc the advantages of that city before
the country. It is proposed to raise a
fund Of 100000, drawn from all classes
of merchants, to be expended in a
wholesale distribution Of circulars. the
preparation Of weekly news letter to
every weekly newspaper in the country,
and in the possible publication of a
magazine devoted to the interests of
Philadelphia.
Al correspondent Of Harper's Weekly
attributes frequent assertions from the
navy to the fact that the navy is
largely recruited from among country
youth, who have no knowledge Of the
conditions upon which they enter and
are therefore homesick, and who are
rather too Independent to put UP with
the kind of treatment they receive
Nsrom petty officers, just above them.
The latter, it is said, are apt to be for
eigners, who have obtained promotion
through natural adaptability to the
naval service.
J. B. G. Becker, of Hockey, Texas,
has been appointed government inspec-
tor of cotton on the plantations of Ger
man East Africa. His headquarters
will be at Dar-es-Salaam. The official
announcement of his appointment was
accompanied by the statement that
Becker formerly held "the honorable
Office Of county commissioner. The
German East African cotton crop last
season, produced under the direction of
some OF Booker r. washington's pupils,
was $50 bales. Fresh paintings this
year are expected to triple this crop.
Togoland, German West Africa, also
yields several hundred bales.
Berlin will soon have an electric dis
tance printing apparatus as an adjunct
to the telephone. Through the contract
with the Postofice department, of
which the telegraph and telephone sys-
tenn is a part, the Ferndrucker company
is able to establish special service for
subscribers in Berlin and its suburbs,
who can exchange communications in
printed type by way of the main tele-
graph office. The apparatus is similar
to the typewriting machine. After con-
nection is made, communication can be
had BY simply manipulating the ma
chine like a typewriter; even if the adj
dressee be absent. the printing is done
as il some one were at the instrument.