The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-12

There still remain in Bermuda tnlrty-
six Boer prisoners. who obstinately re-
fuse to take the oath of allegiance.
An imperial board of health in Ger
many has solemnly made the announce
ment that total abstinence from
strong drink is not injurious to health"
According to Golden Rule" Jones
ringing up fares is degrading to the
SOUL" Is shat why there is popular
theory that some of them don't get
rung UP? ...-~>
The happy. happy Eskimos now have
their own translation of the Bible,
which has taken $50 years to complete.
The Norwegian pastor, Hans Egede,
who went to Greenland in 1921, began
the work which is completed and pub
lished by the Bible society of Denmark.
The Countess of Warwick intends to
establish agricultural settlements in diff
ferent parts of England, where women
who are expert in horticulture, dairy
farming and poultry rearing can work
on cooperative principles. She believes
that the problem of agricultural depres-
sion can be solved by training intelli-
gent and educated women to this call
5 ing. 4. E..-.' 49,.
The Prussian War department finds
that in every 100 young men arriving
at the age of military duty seventeen
are suffering from heart disease. Stri-
caller, who has been studying the sub
ject, declares that the cause of the
great prevalence is the increasing de-
generacy and nervousness of the youth
Of the land. ..
An East Indian, who had been fined in
court, wrote to the judge about it.
.sYour honor wrote the appellant,
In aEahe right, / may be wrong; 4 may
be right, your ho:lci mag De wrong.
Let your honor give me back the fine
and then, at day of resurrection, when
all hearts will be opened, If / am wrong,
/ will most gladly, sir, return your hon
or the money" HI.
III ID announced that a man named
Hunter, living about twenty-four miles
from Philadelphia, has succeeded in cul-
tivating new variety Of strawberry
plant, which will produce two crops a
year; one in the spring, the other in
the fall. This seasons crop will amount
to about ten crates, and he has found no
dificulty in disposing of the fruit at
from seventy cents to one dollar a pint.
The berries are said to be large and OF
fine flavor. Of course the kinds of bios
SONS that were used as parent plants
are not made known.
A Jew claims remain unpaid in con-
nection with the Maine disaster. In
spite Of the efforts of the treasury Of
dcials to locate the beneficiaries of the
special acts Of congress to reimburse
the survivors and relatives of those kill
ed in the explosion of the battleship, a
number of the claimants have not been
found They are almost entirely for
eigners and it seems unlikely that
their claims will be paid. This money
will consequently be turned back into
the treasury and will swell the fund left
over from the Civil War.
Fibre and Fabric makes this report or
the first effects of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's
benevolence toward the British manu-.
lecturers: 'The preferential tariff now
in force in Canada has struck a severe
blow to the wooden industry there
While some Of the Canadian wooler
mills are running only part time some
are shut down entirely. Other manu-.
facturers expect to close their mills
soon. There seems to be no remedy fol
this condition except prompt action by
the Canadian government. Meantime
the manufacturers are seeing their bus
mess come to standstill."
Birmingham Age-Herald, because Of
the Child Labor law and the Uniform
Text Book bill, the Elective Railroad
Commission bill, the Bank Examination
bill, the anti-lynching section of the
! Redistricting bill, the Primary law, ant
tine various school measures, not te
mention score of lesser laws, which
the legislature that adjourned yesterday
morning passed. 1t was an industriou'
legislature, but above all else it was q
courageous legislature. No politica