Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-04
MORNING, JULY 4, 1885.

was formerly admitted, the supposition be- 1 ing that higher percentage would impair
 the steel. Now, however, the establishment | manufactures steel containing ten or twelve per cent.of manganese, the former being used for armor plating, the latter for steel tools and toys, while eleven per cent. is the pro portion preferred for railway steel. The al- Joy is added by pouring rich ferro-manga- nese into the molten steel and mixing the two together before running off into the in- gots. It is said that the steel thus formed is harder, stronger, denser and tougher than most steel now made, even after it is forged and rolled. The last mentioned processes, it is added, are not essential to the preparation of the new steel and thus much time and expense are saved. Manganese steel is tough and hard, the castings being peculiar ly free from flaws
 new law of especial interest to commer- cial travellers has just gone into operation in Massachusetts. The growing tendency to sell goods by sample and the use of hotels by drummers as selling places led to the passage of the law, which defines and limits the lia- bility of innkeepers. The liability for the loss of wearing apparel is limited to thou sand dollars-a very liberal amount. Money, jewelry and personal ornaments must be handed over to the hotel authorities for safe keeping in order to entitle guest to recover for their loss and even in that case the recov- erable amount is restricted to five thousand dollars. In the case of loss by fire the hotel keeper is held to the ordinary liability for ordinary cara The pau law a1So r1oru1if ifa and makes valid any special contract between hotel keepers and guests for the special care of property, and therefore, while it does jus tice to ordinary travellers, it does not com pei innholders to maintain merchandise warehouses safe deposit institutions or in suranee agencies, but properly defines their liability and places 8 reasonable, liberal limit for any claim that may be made on them for actual personal loss.
 The platform which has been announced by the French Socialists for the coming cleo toral campaign is sufficiently comprehen- sive. They only demand: 1. The abolition of the presidency. 3. The abolition of the Senate. 3. Bestowal upon the assembly of the power to dismiss ministers of state. 4. OA constitutional revision by popular vote. 5. A reduction of the number of public officers and of official salaries. 6. The confscation of church property. 7. The separation of church and State. 8. The legal equality of illegitimate and legitimate children g. The gradual abolition of standing armies. 10. The free education of children at the public expense, and the free feeding of children at the public expense in all cases where they are not otherwise properly provided for. Il. Political amnesty. 12 The abolition of the octroi duties IS. The establishment of progressive income tax. A. The abolition of collateral inheritance. 15. The gradual abolition of the public debt. 16 Reduction in the hours of labor. IT, Prohibition of the employment of children under fourteen years of age. IS. A reorganization of the bank of France. 19. Prison reform. 20. The main tenance of disabled workmen at the public expense.