The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-04-28

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Bathtubs made Of glass are being
manufactured in Germany. They are
made in a solid piece, and one can be
turned out in five minutes. The tubs
are said to have advantages over metal
(. and enamel, one being that they are
much cheaper.
"A man who has preached for seventy
seven years has preached a long time.
This distinction belongs to Rev. Rich
ard Rymer, a Methodist minister of
Brixton, England He was preacher
when William Nv. was king Of England,
and Andrew Jackson was president of
the United States.
a Utica man who has been in the min
istry for nineteen years gives up his
profession and goes on the road as a
travelling salesman, because he was
transferred by the Methodist confer
ence to which he belonged to church
which could pay no more than thou
sand dollars year. The laborer is
worthy of his hire, etc.
Great men don't always feel big. In
his parting address to his officers, on
the breaking up Of the Manchurian
army, Marshal Oyama says: THAT I,
in spite of my defective ability, have
been enabled to avoid any signal failure
must be primarily ascribed to the loyal
ty and fidelity Of the officers and SOL
diers under my command"
1t Is explained that the reason why
the San Francisco city hall was so ut
terly wrecked in last weeks earth
quake Is that it was "a monument Of
graft" Seven millions were spent in
building it, and a large part of the
money went into the pockets of local
politicians. 1t was well known to many
San F'ranciscans that in the event of
an earthquake the city hall would be
about the first building that would go
to pieces.
1t is related that the senior partner
of an influential London firm has
taught his dog not only to guard the
office during his absence, but also to re-
port "All's welr' during the time the
premises are closed at weekends. One
of the old-fashioned telephones, which
does not require that the receiver
should be taken off its helder. is fixed
up in the office, and under this the dog
stands His master rings UP the Office
and then calls until the attention of the
dog is aroused, when the canine cars
taker barks loudly to show that all is
we'll with him and with the office.
To take the census of the British en-
pire is a matter of difficulty in certain
districts. A native official was ordered
to take census of what was known to
be a populous village in Uganda He
returned with the report that there was
no population, the explanation being
that the inhabitants had fed on hear
ang of his approach. More precise in
structions were given to him, and he
paid another visit to the village. The
result of his inquiry was given thus in
the tabulated form; Number of huts,
257 inhabitants men over Is years of
age, 0; men under Is years of age, 0;
women, 0; children, 0; total, 0.
The army medical department finds it
necessary to reject the field medical,
surgical and other chests, ordered at
the beginning of the war with Spain
and delivered after the close of that
conflict. At present the department has
no such field equipment and it is re-
garded as eminently necessary that
there be provision for such supplies in
reasonably adequate quantities to meet
the necessities of the first few months
of field activity. This equipment must
be specially manufactured, and it is not
obtainable on short notice. 1t is appar-
ent to the army surgeons that the lack
of equipment of this kind not only Sc RI
ously impairs the efficiency of their
corps in time Of war, but introduces an
additional peril to troops in battle, The
chests provided under an emergency
contract in 1898 have been pronounced
defective, and they must be replaced.
An effort is being made by the surgeon
general to obtain an appropriation for
this purpose.