Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-02

The Supreme court of California has re I centiy decided that an apartment which haG partition running half way to the ceiling l is room, according to the legal sense of ths word.
 The wifa of Colonel Fred Grant is of the right kind. When informed of the failure l of her husband and the necessity for econ. omy she remarked: tsI have lived on army rations once and can do 1t again"
 The Wall street panic has not affected tn. price of real estate in New York city. A lo near the New York stock exchange has beer sold since the panic for about $22O pe1 square foot, higher price than was svel paid for land in that city.
 good deal of misconception exists re garding the practice of medicine by vomer in Russia. A competent authority puts the number of female physicians in the empire al 250, many of whom have pursued their med ical studies in the universities at Zurich Berne and Paris. But, whatever their ac- quirements and abilities, they are only al.
 
 children. Even in country districts, where there is, perhaps, no male physician within fifty miles, apotheearies have been forbidden to put up prescription emanating from a
 woman.
 The people of Oregon will to-day adopt or reject woman suffrage. An amendment to the constitution of Oregon was proposed by the legislature of 1880, the vote in the senate being Al to and in the house 32 to 25. According to law, 6 second vote was needed in the legislature, and that body, in 1882, again passed the amendment, the sen. ate voting 21 to and the house 47 to ir it's favor. That legislature also made the requisite provision for submitting the pro. posed amendment to the people. The sub- ject has been very thoroughly canvassed in the State. especially by the newspapers, and many leading politicians have written os spoken in favor of the amendment.
 The goed quality of Roman mortar has been proverbial for centuries and it is be lieyed that the processes now followed in itf preparation are identical with those in use by Italian masons 2, 900 years ago. The custom among Italian nssons is, in beginning worh enough to contain all the mortar required fol the work. into which is put lime enough tc fill it within foot or two Of the top. Wa ter is then poured in until the pit is filled, and the mixture is left to itself, care being taken only to add water that first pat in is eyaporated or absorbed. As mortar ia want ed, portion of the lime is taken from the top of the mass, but the lower portion, which will be used to mix with the plastering mortar, remains undisturbed for weeks, and acquires smooth, pasty quality, much priz- ed by the Italian architects. The merta, thus produced never sweIls or cracks, nor gives ont those disfRuring ef1orasoencss SO common in this country. With lime treated in this way work can bs accomplished which would be impossible with such materials as we employ.
 French juries are much moved by senti mental considerations. and the verdicts oi some of them will match the achievements oi juries in this country. A case in point Is the recent acquittal of an Aiane farmers wife HAO Wh6 tE4oA AOk tA0 m uxQoE OI ne4 nus band. Mme. Luce seems to be jealous woman, and her husbands conduct was cal l culated to keep her jealousy continually or the rack. His nights, in particular. he de. 1 voted to ''frog fshing"-a pretext which | never imposed on Mime. Luce. One nighl l she knocked at a female neighbors doel 1 with loaded gun in her hand. The pail went to 8 wood near the house, where the, presently perceived at some little distanos | another couple, whom in the mooniigh 1 Mma. Lucs took to be her husband and on of her rivals. She fired at the pair at once
 killing one and dangerously wounding ths
 other.- The dead man proved to be her hus
 band; his companion was-his own nephew
 For once Luce really was engaged in tn sport which he had 50 often used as cloa