The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-19

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The sacred Heart Review rises to re-
mark: There may be some reason for
holding on to the end in an open street
car. but what reason can you give for
sticking like grim death to the end seat
in a church pew. and forcing everybody
else to fall all over you on their way
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The Japanese women are as active
and strong as the men. An English
writer on physical culture suggests
that this may account for the Jap's
courage in war. After he has settled
his domestic problems with wife as
muscular and agile as himself, war has
no terrors for him.
The final list of deaths from the Gem
eral slocum disaster is 1920. OF this
number the identified dead account for
SCI, the unidentified dead for 81 and the
missing for g.. 1t is possible that some
Of the unidentified dead may have been
Implications Of the missing, but at least
1000 lives were lost by the burning Of
the steamer.
A curious point was made in parlia-
ment the other day when one Of the
members asked what authority there
was for calling Mr.. Balfour the prime
minister. Mr.. Gibson Bowles argued
that Mr.. Balfour's official title was
merely first lord of the treasury. In
parliamentary proceedings and in Off
cial documents he is always given that
title, while to the great bulk Of those
who take an interest In English politics
he is known as the prime minister.
The newspapers in st. Petersburg all
print glowing tributes to the author,
Anton Chechoff, whose death is an
nounced from BadenweiIer, Germany.
M. Chechoff. who was one Of the nine
Russian academicians, is mourned as q
great loss to Russian literature. He
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was considered the Maupassant Of Rus
STA, and ranked higher as an artist of
the pen than Gorky. M Chechoff's
death was caused by consumption, the
disease, it is said, being caused by
hardships he endured in his early
youth,
According to the Chemist and Drug
gist, the native drug stores in Japan
are still largely stocked with dried
snakes, toads, lizards, crabs, etc, in
fusions of which are the popular house
hold remedies throughout the country.
Various secret remedies which are
supposed to be as universal and POI
tent in their curative effects as many
of our western patent medicines, also
abound. Magic plasters are much In
vogue. and massage is largely practic-
ed, the operators being chiefly blind
people. Face paints and powders may
also be seen on the shelves.
According to a belletin issued by the
Chamber Of Commerce of Cadiz, the pro-
duction of cork in Spain is estimated
at 2s,450.1O4 pounds. Algeria and other
cork producing countries, together,
about 2o,S21. $40 pounds. make the
worlds annual cork production S1,217,-
760 pounds The export Of cork in sheets
from Spain in 1902 amounted to 1885,
400 pounds and in 1908 to 9,516,OS2I
pounds. The quantity of manufacture
ed corks for bottle stopping purposes
from Spain in 1902 amounted to $685.
115,0OO, valued at 'S0,347. 900 pesetas, the
figures for 1903 being 2,17S. 900, val /
ued at 32,677,00O pesetas.
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Those who like worlds fairs and have
the money can be happy this year and
q part of next. The Cape Town Indus
trial exhibition, Of International scope,
which was postponed on account of the
Boer war, is finally announced to be
held during November and December of
this year and January of 1905. Great
Point Common, the site of the exhibit
ton, is most conveniently and beauti-
fully located, with the sea on two sides,
mountains on the third and the town on
the fourth. "A splendid system of cleo
trio trans will convey passengers from
the great railroad station and the CEN
ter of the. town to the exhibition
grounds in FIVE minutes, and for the
purpose Of exhibitors a private light
railroad will be arranged to carry goods
from the dock direct to the exhibition