Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-14

The Common Pleas court of Philadelphia recently refused to grant an injunction
 against newspaper publisher to restrain
 him from running presses at night, and the Supreme court of the State has sustained this
 action. Chief Justice Mercur in his opinion
 said: A person who resides in the centre of
 a large city must not expect to be surrounded
 by the stiffness which prevails in 8 rural district. He must occasionally hear some of
 the noise and occasionally feel slight vibra- tions produced by the movement and labor
 of it's people and the hum of it's mechanical | industries. The aid of court of equity l may be invoked to keep annoying sounds
 within reasonable limits. Every noise, how l ever, is not nuisance, nor where produced I in the exercise of lawful occupation should
 the strong arm of chancellor necessarily be extended to support it. Under the conflict l ing evidence in this case both of the noise and of the vibratory effect of the working of ] the presses, and in view of the great damage l which the appellee would sustain if he were
 enjoined against pursuing his business, we
 think the learned judge committed no error in refusing the injunction.
 A bill now before the legislature of this State provides that all patent or proprietary
 medicines offered for sale in this State shall
 have the working formula or recipe by which the same are made plainly printed upon the label attached to the receptacle containing the same. The maker or vender of such medicines who violates the provisions of this bill is liable to 8 penalty of not more than two hundred dollars; and if the ingredients of such medi- cines differ from those named on the recipe, printed on the label the maker or vender shall be liable to fine of from five to three hundred dollars. This bill was, we believe, introduced at the request of the State Medical society, and while the intention of it's parents was undoubtedly good, we do not believe any such law as they propose would work we'll It would be unfair to those who make good medicines and want to keep the secret of their construction, and it would not amount to much as guard against bad medicines. If the legislature sees fit to pass this bill we suggest an amendment to the effect that sll the doctors in the State must write their prescriptions in good plain English, or as near to it as they can come.
 The experiments which have been made at Folkestone, England, in calming troubled waters with oil encouraging. Three large casks filled with oil were placed near the piar-end. Connected with these, and supplied by means of force pump, were leaden pipes running some distance to seaward, with small, upright tubes one hun dred feet apart AS the oil rose to the sur face, the white crested waves changed into glossy swell, and the wide-spreading film formed perfect breakwater. But by far the most interesting and useful experiments were with the oil-projectiles, designed as life saving appliance, not merely on the coast, but in cases of shipwreck and rough weather at sea- The projectile, not unlike an ordi- nary oil can, is made of iron one-eighth of an inch thick, and holds nearly gallon. Two time fuses connect with small metal cham ber at the bottom, for. the explosive charge of gunpowder. The shell Is thrown from 8 mortar and bursting, scatters it's wave still- ing contents over a radius of many hundred feet. Still another invention-one more es- pecially adapted to shallow water-was tried. This appliance consists of long flexible gutta-percha tubing attached to a solid iron cylinder of seventy pounds weight. The latter was fired from g mortar out to sea. and sinking kept in plaes the tubing, through which the oil was now pumped. 10 rise immediately from the valves openings tn the surface m akinp perfectlY smooth channel way and temporary breakwater.