Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-15

Nuns, :" t4the Never Sweats, 'tSlim Jim't Regulators" ]" "the Merry Ramblers," ''tht 1 Forty Thieves" etc.
 Adulteration of leather is the latest, and comes from Germany. It is accomplished by soaking the tanned hides in glucose and l drying them, which adds to their weight and 1 apparent solidity and increases their value.
 It was detected by soaking the leather in water for twenty-four hours.
 The New York Star asserts that the Ger l mans of New York are not unitedly in favor of Cleveland, notwithstanding the efforts of Carl Schurz and the Staats Zeitung. An in- fuential German informs the Star that while the Germans on local and even on State is- sues are apt to act together, on the presiden-
 tial question they will act independently ,and many of them will give their support to the Republican candidate.
 MT. Walton, 1ock-maker, of Birmingham,
 England, is about to exhibit at the Wolver-
 hampton exhibition, in case 247, master
 key which he claims is capable of opening
 22, 500 patent lever locks, all the locks to be diferent-that is to say, each of the %, 600 locks may be different in their wards and combinations. The key weighs three ounces, and is nickel plated. It has taken Mir Wal ton, the inventor, three years to complete the drawings of the different wards and com binations which enable this extraordinary product of human ingenuity to be made
 Master keys capable of opening one hundred
 different combinations have been known to
 the trade for many years, but nothing ap- preaching the key in question has ever been accomplished before.
 The First Congregational church in Nan tucl1et, Massachu setts, has formally author ized Miss Louise s. Baker, who has acted as it's stated supply for nearly four years, to ad- minister it's sacraments, to admit members into it, and to 'Eperform all other duties per taining to the ministerial ofice.' ''This," ]" says the Boston Congregationalist, "amounts to an exceptional case of ordination by the church. But, as the church did not ask the advice of it's sister churches and no advice given it by them, the action taken whether in the judgment of sister Congrega- tional churches wise or otherwise-does not affect them. One main issue likely to be- come practical, we should think, would be whether this ordination be sufficiently ac- cording to the usage of the denomination to confer the power of legally solemnizing mar riage under the statute-as to which opinions might differ"
 The French inventors of a steerab1e balloon are, it sevms not unlikely to be forestalled by German competitors in the same field of labor. A Dr. Woelfert has accomplished at Kiel two successful experiments in aerial navigation. The balloon, like that of Cap tain Renard, is eigar-shaped. Its cubic con- tents are 500 metres. If filled with ordinary gas it can carry load of $50 kilogrammes, but if filled with hydrogen gas 1t will take as much as 800 kilogrammes. A height of Z, ,000 metres was attained at each experiment. One of the voyages lasted two and half hours, during which Dr. Woelfert is said to have navigated against northeast wind of force of from two to three metres the second. It is stated that a special motor, the nature of which is not described, of fiye-horse power, is in course of construction for Dr. Woelfert, with which he feels confident of being able to navigate in the face of strong winds. The weight of this machine will be but one-fourth of the carrying capabilities of the balloon. Dr. Woelfert, it is added, is negotiating with the German Admiralty for the establish ment of a balloon trial ground and works at Kie1