Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-09

common drunkard. He has been rather uncommon rascal.
 A series of experiments with the Pasteur method of inoculation for hydrophobia, made by Dr. Frisch of Vienna, leads the Medical News of Philadelphia to repeat that "there is as yet no good evidence that the application of the theory of Pasteur has res cued a single patient, who, without his inven- tion, would have had hydrophobia."
 The New York Independent declares that a prominent trustee in one of the largest churches in New England especially opposed the inauguration of revival meetings on the ground that such meeting would destroy their new church carpets. Besides" he is reported to have said, "what do we want with a revival? We are out of debt; our pews are all rented; our house is full, and a revival would only disturb the quiet and or derly development of the churches"
 MT. Ranney told the Massachusetts club the other day that he entered Congress as a conservative; that he entertained the idea that practically one party was just as good as the other; and that the differences be- tween the two political organizations was mainly inspired by desire for the offices. ''But one session of Congress" said MT. Ranney, completely cured me of that hal lucination.' And MT. Ranney further told the Massachusetts club that beneficial legis- lation was out of the question so long as either house of Congress is controlled by the Democrats.
 All the honest men are not dead. Twen- ty-two years ago Patrick Driscoll, just ar rived from Ireland, found a pocketbook con- taining over $150 in Salem, New Jersey. He told his employer, who advised him to keeI it until the owner appeared. The other day Charles w. Dunn happened to speak in tht presence of MT. Driscoll, now prosperous merchant, about his brother, Samuel Dunn now dead, losing pocketbook years before MT. Driscoll at once took book from his pocket and handed it to Mir. Dunn, who identified it as the one his brother had lost He was asked to count the money. There was just $151.78. MT. Dunn tried to gel MT. Driscoll to keep the money, but he re fused He said it was load off his mind te get rid of that $151.78.
 In Paris there was recently an excited meeting of walters, under the presidency O Deputy Revillon and Councilman Longuet at which war to the knife was declared or the employment bureaus, to which at pres ent all walters in want of work must apply and which exact fees amounting in som' cases to several hundred francs. In mos Paris cafes and restaurants the walters moi only receive no pay, but are obliged to de I liver up daily to the proprietor share of th' pour-boire, a tax which in the large estao | lishments often amounts to ten francs. Ev l en in the smaller places, where the waiter Il | allowed to retain his fee, he is charged iron | fifty centimes to one franc and fifty centlme' l for ''breakages." At the meeting referred | to the formation of a standing eomm1tte
 charged with the duty of securing employ l ment to members of the guild of walters wa decided upon, but the excitement did no 1 subside with the close of the meeting, anE l led to noisy manifestations in the Rue Mont l martre and to sevearl arrests.
 l An interesting legal question is likely t l arise in the settlement of claims for lnsur
 ance on property destroyed as the result O
 the Charleston earthquake. Of cours
 none of the buildings in that city were in
 sured against destruction by earthquake
 But they were insured against fire; and afte
 being shattered or toppled over by tn
 earthquake many of them were destroyed b
 fire that sprung from the shock as remot
 cause. It appears, however, that owner will have extreme difficulty in 1ecoyerln