Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-20

"They used to call him 'Old Probabilities, , but since he has lost his abilities, they call him old Prob.'"
 Having got almost everything that people must buy "trusted," wrapping paper pool has been formed, so that nothing can be ''done up" cheaply. Now we want trust for carrying things to the houses of pur- ehasers. --
 The name oe the Hon. Charles L. Chaplain is conspicuous in the talk concerning the Democratic mayoralty. The quarrel ing Democrats can unite upon him, for he is entirely out of the factional contest which is disturbing them. His Democracy cannot be questioned. He is a Democrat of the old school ss well as gentleman of the old school. Mayor Chaplain would sound well.
 Mrs. John s. Simpson, of Chicago, has been travelling in Germany for six months past She grew very tired of the police in- spection to which she was subjected and at Munich told the authorities that she was born in 1750, was travelling for pleasure and would stay in Germany as long as the police would let her. The next morning an officer called on her at her hotel and asked her solemnly if she had not made mistake about the date of her birth. Mrs. Simpson is of the opin- ion that the Germans do not appreciate Chi cago humor.
 A writer in the Boston Medical and Surgi- cal Journal is much agaiust the hustle, which, he says, has really deleterious effects upon the weareI. The woman with 8 hustle, he says, can never sit down in a natural posi- tion. It is absolutely impossible for her to rest her back against the back of any seat of ordinary construction. He has no doubt that some of the severe backaehss in women whose duties keep them seated all day are due to, or at least are aggravated by, this disability. In addition, when the woman stands the weight of the back breadths of her dress are thrown so far behind as to make her lean forward to maintain the center of gravity in it's proper position.
 Britannia ( sn't rule the wave as much as she did. Even France, her ancient enemy, has better navy now. Admiral Sir Thomas Symonds shows from official statements tthat of really efficient modern fighting ships" the British have only seventeen, three of which are armed with obsolete muzz1e-l loading guns, while the French have twenty-five, and eight splendid gunboats. The comparison as to inferior vessels is of less simportance, but even l in these the English possess no advantage. The British battle ships t'are armored on on- | ly part of the length of their water-1ine, while in the French the armor is continuou- | from end to end" The French have modern guns throughout-not SO the British. With the latter facilities for building and repairing
 are deficient. "Docks are everywhere want | sd.n The French ''now have actually three
 thousand more dookyard workmen than the
 British" and more fully manned navy iu
 every respect.
 De Lesseps, the great canal builder, is a lively old man. NJ. de Blowitz tells that the
 other day he was talking with him. "All al
 once de Lesseps remarked: You make me
 think of something and he rang for meg
 senger. Go and ask my son if we start this
 evening, at what hour, and what place The
 messenger returned in few minutes, saying
 You start this evening at $40, from Mont
 Parnasse station for Le Mans.' Very we'll
 go to my house and tell my son we shall dine l st punasually.. Finally turning to me hs