Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-23

electricity any but closely populated areas, at 8 profit"
 The death of Thurlow Weed removes a man who, as politician and journalist, exercised notable influence upon public af- fairs during his active career. His later years have been pleasant ones, and he has been cheered in his old age by the affection and respect of large number of his fellow countrymen.
 It is estimated by experts in New York that ninety per cent. of the lager beer is adxlter- ated. physician who has just been inter- viewed says excessive beer drinkers are sell dom long-lived. Few live over sixty years and a majority die very much sooner. The effect upon the kidneys is particularly bad While the alcoholic effect is not 80 severe as in the case of distilled liquors, yet the quan- sity consumed increases the activity of the kidneys and tires them out. No physical benefit IS derived from moderate use of beer because the effect is only momentary, and while no direct harm is apparent yet not 8 particle of good results to the system.
 Governor elect Pattison, of Pennsylvania, does not favor costly and unnecessary dis play on the occasion of his inauguration. The board of officers of the battalion of State Fencibles, of which he was at one time a member, and the president, having unani- mously rendered their services as an escort from his home in Philadelphia to Harris. burg, he replies expressing his gratitude for the personal compliment, saying that the offer IS but one of many he is daily receiving from civil and military organizations. and setting forth his reasons for declining thsm all. He says, among other things: ''I am resolutely determined that, so far as can control the matter, my inauguration as Gov ernor shall not cost the people of Pennsylva- mia one dollar. Why should it They de- rive no benefit from such scenes and the money spent thereon is wasted"
 Senator John I. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania says the Independents of that State are per- fectly satisfied with the rebuke which they have administered to the Cameron faction of the party. Next year they will be ready to go into convention with the rest of the party and make united nominations, provided the henchmen of Senator Cameron learn the les- son of this year and allow the Republicans to get along without any machine inter- ference This he thinks they will do. He says there is no chance for Senator Cameron to be sent back to the Senate. Several independent State Senators are elect ed this year who will hold over and join in the choice of his successor. They will be re- inforced by others to be chosen in 1884. They will hold the balance of power between the Democrats and straight Republicans, and are pledged under no circumstances to vote for Cameron or any of his personal following If the Republicans control the next Legisla- ture they must elect Senator some person who is satisfactory to the independents, and that cannot be Don Cameron.
 The importance of the regulation in insane asylums that the correspondence of inmates shall be inspected was lately illustrated in B singular manner at Ovid, New York In the asylum at that place is a Danish woman whose insanity is manifested in her convic- tlon that she is the queen of the universe, that the asylum is her castle, and that the numerous attendants are her servants and retalners She recently wrote to her brother ln Denmark letter which by some chance escaped observation and went to the post describing her magnificent surroundha gs and offering him and his family luxurious home for the rest of their lives. The poor man thought it only natural that his sister should have become rich in this land of wonders, and rejoicing in the fortune awaiting him, he sold his little tailoring business and spent all the proceeds In bringing his family to Ovid where he arrived without 8 dollar, but happy in the assurance that his sister would take