Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-18


 be the case He has offered to go and help hunt after the Greedy expedition, but he does not appear to be hopeful of it's safety. He says there is ''no reasonable possibility of getting relief to the party this season There is s'one chance in thousand that peculiar ice conditions may exist nex' month" and allow vessel to get beyond Cape York into Melville bay, ,and in that case relief party could sucoor Greedy. It Is worth trying that one chance, he thinks; it is only a question of money, for 'sthere are scores of experienced men who would be willing to make this forlorn hope"
 In the cotton establishment of M. Bese- levre, near Rouen, the system of admitting workmen to share of the profits has been applied with much success. NJ. Besselievre does not give his hands share In the man. agement of bis business He keeps his books to himself and pays them wages, as though they were ordinary laborers. But in addition to the wages he has since 1877 distributed among all workmen who have been in his service five years an annual bonus propor- tionate to his own profits, which has amount ed on the average to 12 and even IT per cent. of the wages earned by them during the year. Half of this bonus is paid to the men in cash and half is retained to form sick and pension fund for the families of the workmen.
 The pilots war at Port Eads and South west Pass has brought about conflict in the courts. Under Louisiana law the bar or bench pilots formed an association, but two members severed their connection with the body, and entered into competit ion with their late associates. The original association en- Joined them. Then other pilots got licenses from the United States Board of Inspectors, and the State Branch Pilot association tried to deter them from doing business. The new pilots applied to Judge Billings for an injunction, and he ruled that the act of Con gress placing the letters and jetty work under the charge of the United States government repealed both the State laws relating to pilots and the act of Congress affirming these laws. Therefore the Court enjoined the Bar Pilotsi association from interfering with the new pilots or from even making afidavits against them under the existing laws of Louisiana. A French phy sician has been making some interesting experiments on the effects of con- ailments used with food. They show, among other things that in cooking meats only an ounce of salt should be used with from six to twelve pounds of meat. If more is used it will do one of two things: it will modify the structure of portion of the muscular fibre so as to render it more resist ant to the action of the gastric juice, or it will itself check and retard the peptic fer mentation, the very groundwork of digestion. It follows that salted and smoked meats are more indigestible than fresh. Vinegar, it appears, may be used with good effect, pro- vided it is not in quantity to irritate the stomach, and is 8 pure solution of acetic ecid freed from sulphuric or hydrochloric acids, the latter of which, though an active principle of the gastric juice, must not be in excess in the stomach or it will retard diges ton.
 Senator Malone is at least outwardly re- spectful to the Civil Service law. It is as- serted that he is sending his ''orders" to Nir ginians in the departments in the following mild form: "I am sorry to learn that yqn take no interest in the Virginia Campaign association, gcomposed of the Virginians here in Washington holding places in the depart ments. The objects of this association are to promote as we'll as it may properly the suc- cess of the party on whose recommendation you have been given recognition. I under stand your attendance has been frequently and respectfully requested, but that you have failed of sufficient interest to put in an ap pearance in person or otherwise" The asso- citation also has sent to the delinquent mem bers resolution providing that they must appear and ''show cause why they should not be summarily dealt with for their non-pay- ment of dues" And the question arises, what are these 'tduss?'