Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-10

AA@ssAA department will have ample opportunity to explain the remarkable allowances granted on many large routes, and there is considerable curiosity to see how it will be done. If a radical reform in the prevailing system of awarding this class of contracts results from the investigation it will be great gain. The Springfield Republican calls attention to the fact that the vote of 10000 independent Republicans in Ohio cast against,a Republican candidate in 1880 would make that State hope less to the Republicans; the vote of 5000 in- dependents in New York cast the same way would do the same thing, and 1,5oo discon- tented Republicans would make Connecticut Democratic. The Republican would like to knowhow much this leaves of the Grant boom.
 The report of the Marine Railway at Coney Island shows that it is probably the best pay ing railway in the world. It cost $50, GOO and has no debt of any kind. It carried 725, 633 passengers, earned $36, ,O0o, paid a 25 per cent dividend, paid all expenses and has $S, GOO on hand. It cost to run the road $11, 900. This report includes, of course, both the divisions, the one between the hotels and the one east of Manhattan Beach. As the road was not operated more than eighty days, an idea Of the enormous business done by it may Joe had by dividing some Of the above figures by 80. The passengers would number 5000 day; the earnings, s45o; ths ex- penses, $40.
 The time is coming when photograph gal leries may be open to the public evenings. Photographing by electricity was successful ly accomplished in New York city Thursday night. The light was produced by Fuller machine of 33 horse power. The lamp was set in bright metal funnel like that which encloses the headlight of locomotive, open ing widely outward. A flood of light was cast upon the person sitting to be photographed. A sheet of ground glass, held close to the fun nel, tempered and diffused the light A geLs tleman was photographed in thirty-three sec- onds, as short a time as would have sufficed on bright day, and the negative, when sub jectsd to bath of chemicals in the photo graphers dark closet, was as distinct as though it had been taken in sunlight. The photo grapher who operated on the occasion says
 
 made as faithful likenessss as any others. and cost no more than those taken in sun- light.
 Sir William Gull, the eminent physician of Guys hospital, London, agrees with Dr. Rich ardson and Sir Henry Thompson in denounc- ing the too frequent use of alcoholic medi- cines. He testifes that he treats fever pa- tients without alcoholic stimulants; that the use of wines, ales and brandy by overworked people is useless and dangerous; and that in l regard to intellectual labor all such drinks are positively hurtful. Even the moderate use of alcoholic drinks he pronounces to be injuri- ous to the nerve-tissues and deleterious to health. He boldly told the archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Penrhyn that ''thers is | 8 great deal of injury done to health by the l habitual use of wines, even in so-called mod l crate quantities" He denies that alcoholic | beverages either improve the intellect, or i'm l part strength, or add nourishment, or supply | warmth to the body. He makes proper dis | tinction between Cheat and the feeling of | heat" He advocates the immediate abandon ment of Intoxicating beverages on the same principle that he would the prompt abandon l ment of poisons.