Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-10

l tons or soot year Wnlcn IS . useu 65 IeEtli- \ izer.
 The labor unions of Omaha are boycotting i the Bee of that city. The Bee will make money out of the boycott.
 The Providence Journal has been formally [ notified that it is no longer an ''organ," but
 it doesn't appear to feel it's disgrace much. It will certainly live through it.
 The navy of the country will soon be 1 strengthened by the five double-turreted mon
 itors which are now approaching completion. The Puritan, the largest of the five, will be,
 when ready for commission, the largest ship
 of the navy, though one or two of those un- der construction are as large or larger. These 1 vessels have but moderate speed; they are of comparatively light draft for vessels of their tonnage; their turrets are protected by twelve
 inches of steel armor; their free board, only about three feet, is so low that they present
 but small mark to an enemy, and their light draft enables them to take advantageous po-
 sitions when opposed to an attacking fleet. It is reported that General Pando, of Spain, who has been experimenting for some time.
 has invented new projectile which will probably be applicable to guns up to twenty feur centimetres. The principle of the new shells depends upon the reaction of two sub- stances, both liquid, or one liquid and the other solid, which separated are harmless,
 but which, being brought together by the
 shock of the projectile striking against any object, cause violent explosion. Although General Pando keeps the nature of tho ex- plosives secret, several substances are known
 which act in the manner described, and this property has been made use of in the Gland tOrpedoes" of the Italians at Massowah. Says writer in the St. Louis Globe-Dem-
 crat: Any man who has pond on his farm
 can try the experiment of raising his own
 frogs. First, let him buy, say, six pairs of to the water. With these for starter you
 may select quantity of domestic baetracean, 1 and then you will have the nucleus of for- tune. Don't interfere with your water invest ment for 6 year any more than to keep your \ growing stock well supplied with food. They
 require an abundance, but as they are not very dainty in their taste the expense account will be light. For young farm two barrels 1 a day of hotel table scraps will keep the frogs in slendid shape, so that at the end of twelve
 months you can begin marketing all you can fish out at the same price as spring chickens 1 Give me the time and facilities and I will
 wager that at the end of two years will be
 living on an income of $5, ,0OO, and my frogs
 will pay the expenses.
 Five years ago the Missouri legislature
 passed and the Governor approved an act shutting up all the saloons in the State on
 Sunday. But under an old special law psss-
 ed in 1S57) St. Lonis, having a local option given to it in the matter, had elected to have
 it's saloons open on Sunday, and an inferior judge by the name of Noonan decided that
 this old law, not having been specifically re-'
 pealed, wss still in force. The St. Louis
 liquor dealers went on selling accordingly.
 At it's last session the legislature repealed in
 terms the act of 1857. Judge Noonan was
 again resorted to, and he decided that the re- peal had removed from the statute book the
 only legislation on the subject affecting St.
 Louis. Monday the Supreme court of Mis- souri reversed Judge Noonan, holding that