Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-09

gether it is very curious affair.
 At Greenock, Scotland, some interesting experiments have lately been made with a powerful submarine electric lamp of fifteen thousand candle power, in order to ascertain the value of such an illuminant as an aid to drift-net fishing. The machinery, which was put on board steamer, consisted of 8 dynamo coupled direct to a high-speed en- zine. The lamp can be lowered into the sea to depth of ten fathoms or more ss re- quired. It is enclosed in strong glass cyl- structed with view to withstand 8 much greater outside pressure than it will ever be called upon to bear. In the trial the lamp was submerged for four hours without re- quiring attention, and in every respect the experiments were thoroughly satisfactory.
 very important subject having relation to pauperism is about to be taken np. by the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, whose secretary, Dr. Walk, has been collect ing some facts-concerning it. It is the sub- ject of the desertion of wives and children by their husbands. It appears that this prac- tice has grown to 8 most alarming extent in Philadelphia, and has much to do with the number of unfortunates annually thrown upon the care of the various charitable societies The history of all desertion cases, Dr. Walk says, is about the same. Without proper consideration or from unworthy motives, but mostly without proper means of support, marriages take place. In few years the wife, for want of proper care, has become a drudge, lost her attractions, and is unhappy and maybe irritable. The husband leaves her. Perhaps he goes away entirely. but more often he remains in the neighborhood and in some cases goes to live with someone next door. Now, there is no punishment for desertion in Pennsylvania. The wife has only one way open to her. For while she tries to work and keep afoat, but ultimately breaks down, and if the husband is able, per- suaded by her friends, perhaps, she brings a suit for support. Even if she wins this, the husband is, in almost every case, let go upon his own promise that he will contribute week ly support. He does it for 8 few weeks, then fails, and that is the last of it.
 Lars Olsen Smith. the brandy king" of Sweden, thinks he has not lived in vain. He says he used to sell about three-quarters of all the brandy consumed in that country and was taxed on an income of more than S25O, GOO year. He built up that enormous business almost from nothing by his own energy. s'But the business" he says, brought me much responsibility and serious thought. when reflected upon the sin and misery and disease occasioned by drinking so much alcohol. The more I thought the more uncomfortable became. found that the chief cause of trouble was not the alcohol but the fusel oil it contained. Then the question arose how to get rid of it. I invented, after much study, system for ex- tracing the fusel oil from spirits, and erect cd in Sweden seven rectifying factories for the purpose, which cost about $1 1000, ,OOO. and are the only large establishments of the kind in Sweden" Mir. Smith then had 8 long and desperate struggle with the old dis tillers, who had no less than IFS, 124 factories in the kingdom. Bnt at last he won, his reetifed spirits came into universal use, with the result that in place of 600 there are now less than 100 cases of alcoholism in Stock" holm annually. He is now devoting himself entirely to the restriction and reformation" of the liquor traffic. 'I would," he says, ''say to the publican, You have sold hither- to bad drink at high price. Henceforth you must sell good drink at low price-quali- ty and price fixed by lRw-and pay also heavy license fee; or, you must quit the husiness,n