The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-15

month. SO; one year, $40.
The figures Of Japanese foreign trade
for the six months ending June 80 show
an increase Of about s14,OOO,O0O over the
preceding year. Of this increase So
100000 are in the exports. This shows
that Japan as an industrial state is
more than holding her own under the
stress of the war with Russia.
Employers in England have their
troubles. Now the complaint is that
the influence Of football is becoming
demoralizing to labor. Workmen go
crazy over the professional games,
which continue for six or seven months
in the year. Interest is so keen that
many papers are accustomed to devote
a page or more to the sport every day.
Great prosperity continues in Canada.
The preliminary figures of the Cana
dian finance minister for the fiscal year
Just ended estimate the total revenue
at about $71,oOo,OOO and the expendi-
lures at about s54.5Oo, 900, leaving sur
plus Of $1s.5oO,OOO. This is the largest
revenue ever shown. and gains are re-
corded in nearly every department.
Stree 1899 there has been an increase
in receipts of nearly So per cent.
Schoerfiing Attersee. Upper Austria,
was the scene of remarkable festivities
on July II. Eight golden weddings and
one diamond wedding were then cele-
brated, the united ages of the couples
celebrating amounting to 1886 years.
and there being in the families 81 chill
dren and 1o7 grandchildren. Fifty
women dressed in picturesque old Aus
TRAN costumes headed the procession
which marched to the church where
services were held, and the whole town
was decorated with flags in honor of
the occasion. Emperor Franz Josef, to
whom kilograms were sent, replied with
congratulations.
The Chicago board Of health has Is
sued a circular on the subject of mad
dogs and hydrophobia. It calls for the
strict enforcement of the present law
of that city requiring the muzzling of
dogs during the entire year. 1t directs
attention to the fact that not single
case Of rabies has been known in the
German capital during the thirty years
a similar law has been in force there.
The Germans passed such a law be-
cause experience showed that the de-
crease of danger during the winter
months was not sufficient to warrant
relaxation Of precaution against it,
since January furnished as many cases
Of rabies among animals as August.
The manufacture and sale of tobacco
Is state monopoly in Austria, which
nets the national treasury over $4,000,
900 a year. Tobacco products are sold
by licensed agents. who receive about
10 per cent. commission. There are in
all fourteen brands Of domestic cigars,
and eleven brands of cigarettes, the
prices for the former ranging rom 0,6
cent to S.6 cents, and those of the lat
ter from 0.2 cent to IL cents. Twenty
seven different kinds of snuff are made,
and tWenty-six kinds of smoking to-
bacco. Chewing not being popular
habit In Austria. the state manufac-
lures but two kinds of chewing tobac-
co-both in twists, weighing one and
three-quarter ounces, and costing IL
and is cents.
Mexico is thinking about new navy,
is taking some of the preliminary steps,
and is also laying out quite extended
plans Of Fertilization to be carried ION
through a period of years as her fl
nances will afford it. Her engineers
are preparing plans for a modern