Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-27
dled and laggingly brought forward, and af- ter all only two miles of track were laid doRu

| 1o1 aA ohAy two miles OI GfacK were latu | down.
 l The latest report of the American Iron
 and Steel association brings out very strong | ly the facts which show that the change since | 1880 has been 8 revolution in the character l of the fuel used. More iron was produced
 in 1884 than in 1880 by 294, 199 tons. But the quantity of charcoal iron made decreased 79, 40 tons, and the quantity of anthracite iron made decreased 221, ,199 tons, while there was an increase of 594, ,537 tons in the quantity made with bituminous coal and coke. Moreover, even in the making of what is chased anthracite iron, large
 quantity of coke is now used, and the change within the past year has been remarkable
 In 1883 there were made 965, ,454 tons of iron
 with anthracite coal alone, and in the year
 1884 there were so made only 246, ,57O tons
 of iron-about one-eighteenth of the entire
 production. Most of the anthracite iron is
 now made with mixture of fuel averaging
 about two-thirds coal and one-third coke.
 Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D., of the Claren-
 don street Baptist church, and one of the
 preachers who was arrested for holding forth
 on Boston common on Sunday, has made an
 elaborate defence of his action. He points
 out that George Whitfield preached on the
 common in 1740; that Jesse Lee, the apostle
 of New England Methodism, preached on
 the common in 1790; that in more recent
 times and even within the past fifteen years
 many clergymen have preached there with
 out let or hindrance; and that only last fall
 an assurance was given to the Boston 'tEvan-
 gelical Alliance" through one of it's mem
 bers, that accredited ministers of the Gospel holding services on the public grounds would not be molested by the police. Furthermore Dr. Gordon points out that the city authori- ties do not shut up the saloons on Sunday, and that they have now for several seasons maintained Sunday band concerts on the common in open violation of law. ''If we have unwittingly trespassed son any techni- | cal statute" says the indignant pastor, ''our action has the sanction of more than hun l dred years of unchallenged custom, while 1 those who accuse us have violated both law | and custom"
 If you want to see some fine china go to Philadelphia. Ex-Attorney General. Brew ster has spent considerable part of forty years in making a collection. He has no end of plates and sauoers that, besides their in- trinsic beauty, a'e valuable for historic asso- citation. He hss dinner set that ence be- longed to Lous Philippe of France. Mrs. George w. Ciilds is his chief rival She has agents on tts lookout all the time for new or odd thingsin table decorations. Mrs. R. H. TownsenG, jr., has mary unique and e1pen- sive pieces in the way of gold center orna- meats vases and candelabra Frequently tbs service and decorations on her table vhen she gives dinner represent $25, 900 or 80, ,0OO Mrs. Henry c. Gibson, wife of the millionaire ex-distiller, has fine and valuable nina. Mrs. James P. Scott, daughter of Hugh Davids and daughter-in-1aw of the late Thomas A. Scott, runs largely to old Dutch te Jeff and porcelains. Mrs. Edward H. FilleJ 2 whose husband has made $2, ,OOO, 900 in ne P manufacture of hemp, has large and esstiy c ollection. So has Mrs. Dr. Da Costa, whose | husband attended Grant for few days at he beginning of the generals throat trouble md is said to make $6O, 900 year out of his ,ractice. Mrs. James G. Smith. 8 sister of ui11I1ona1re, has particularly fine lot.