The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-07

include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
II am so fond Of this country" says
Madame Patti. She can afford to be.
It has paid her long and well.
The costliest and perhaps the least
useful thimhle in the world is owned
by the Queen of Siam. 1t is made of
pure gold in the shape of half opened
lotus flower. and is thlckly studded
with the rarest of diamonds and prec-
ious stones. d..
At recent dinner the lord mayor of
London propounded riddle, commend
ing it to Mr.. Pinero, the dramatist, who
sat near him. why is a play like
cigar?" was the riddle and the answer
was Because if it is bad it won't draw
and If it is good you want box"
The Russians are not the only smart
people. The whole coasting trade be-
tween Vladivostock and adjoining
places contiguous to the Peter the Great
by is in the hands of the Chinese There
has been much heated discussion how to
take this business from alien hands and
place IN It the hands Of Russian sGb-
jects but nothing has resulted thus far.
The recent arrest Of two suspicious
characters found by a sentry hiding
within the moat of the Tower Of Lon
don recalls attention to the fact. that
with the exception of the English king
the lord mayor of London is the only
person who can visit London's citadel
at any hour of the day or night. After
the guard has been mounted nightly all
visitors are challenged and required to
give the password. @
The dog policeman is the newest Off
clal on the force OF Client, Belgium.
The particular duty OF the police dog
will be as an emergency man" The
officers are stationed at various inter-
walls in the street, the dogs being held
in leash at points between two beats
When the emergency man" is needed
the policeman blows trumpet. At the
sound the animals are loosed, and rush
to report for duty. They are trained to
spring into the water, follow track or
Join a man hunt along the docks.
Professor John 8. Bassett OF Trinity
college, Durham. N. c.. and editor of
the South Atlantic Quarterly, having
declared that Booker 7. Washington
was the greatestt man. except Robert
T. Lee. born in the South in one hun
dred years, is having a pretty hard
time Of it. Though one of the most
popular lecturers in the South, it is
said that he could hradly get hearing
among white people anywhere in the
State now. and the Raleigh Post, a
leading newspaper, declares that his
usefulness as a teacher is at an cid.
&
The new eight-inch pipe line from
Bakersfield to Point Richmond, Califor-
MIA, distance of $50 miles, is now dis
charging oil at the refineries on the
coast at the rate of two thousand bar
rels day. Owing to the thickness of
the oil at ordinary temperatures, caus-
ing tito flow at about the same rate of
speed that molasses would, it was nee
essary not only to reheat it at each of
the pumping stations, which are locat-
ed about twenty-seven miles apart but
also to cover the transmission pipes
with asbestos throughout their entire
length to retain the heat in the oil until
the next station was reached.
In note on why German exporters
succeed. Consul B. H. Walner, jr.,
writes from Leipzig: Attention is fire.
ouentiy called to the fact that to be
successful in the modern struggle for
commercial supremacy manufacturers
must conform to the requirements of
the local trade and the conditions ex-
listing in market. if they are to do
business. When they disregard such adj
vice they run the risk Of having their
wares supplanted by those Of their COM
petitors. An example of this kind is
reported from Hongkong, China. For
merly. it is said in German papers,
large quantities of French hosiery and
textile goods were sent thither, but the
importation of these articles is decreas-
ing from year to year and English and
German goods would seem to be wrest-
Ing the Hongkong market from the
French manufacturers simply because
they comply. with the requirements of
the local trade.
One of the great obstacles to the an