Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-14

per syndicate IS going to have trouble, and nobody will be very sorry except those di- rectly interested in maintaining it.
 The delegate to the Methodist conference from Foo Choo has put rather difficult conundrum to his brethren by asking them to decide whether polygamous heathen can become good Methodist after conversion without dispensing with his superhuous wives.
 Massachusetts has had pleasing success with her new guide board law which has now been in operation for a year. The author of the measure said the other day that it has met with general compliance all over the State, and that within short time it will be easy for man ''to drive all over Massachu- setts without losing his way"
 A legal curiosity is the case of Virginia bachelor who made 8 will in favor of his fancee and finding himself mortaIly i'll mar ried her on his deathbed. The will has been set aside on the ground that marriage after making it inyalidates it. The lady is given only dover claim to one-third of the estate, the rest going to the collateral heirs
 Absinthe is the deadliest intoxicant in the world, and it's use is increasing. The drink was introduced into New York by French men and travellers, and it is now a common beverage in hotels, clubs and fashionable barrooms French soldiers introduced it into Paris after the campaign in Algiers in 1S44. In an astonishingly short period it permeated the civilized world. To-day it's manufacture is one of the largest liquor trades of Europe. Neufchatel in Switzerland l is the headquarters for it's manufacture. Two millions of gallons yearly are made there. What France makes and does not consume is sent for the most part to America.
 About year ago John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia merchant, adopted 8 system of profit sharing with his employees, agreeing to | give all who have been seven years in his \ service a share in the years profits of the \ business. To others who had been employed for less time he agreed to give share of profits in the form of percentages on sales. The result has been a distribution of over 1 $109, ,000, either paid directly to his employees or invested for their benefit, this year. The seven Wars' employees received $40,2S1, and the percentages on sales amounted to $59,- 158. Out of these sums is reserved the sum of $10,0 for pension fund for the aid and support of those who have been disabled by sickness, accident or old age.
 Some of the British statesmen have ex- plained that England is in good condition fol fighting, but the London Telegraph asserts,
 Ion the highest military authority" that the
 strength of the army is entirely insufficient
 and if more men were enlisted to morrow there are no barracks for them. The artil'
 lery is supplied with the worst guns served
 to any army in the world. Though the army
 has gun as good as any, it has not nearly
 enough of them and no means of making
 any without long delay. The standard mag azine rifle is the best in the world, but it ha
 not been issued to any regiment. The arm.
 stores are also deficient. There is not
 breech loading gun in any land fortress ol
 the coast. The armament of the forts, tn
 guns served to volunteers, the shot and shel , at Woolwich are of obsolete patterns Fou of the finest ironelad ships are without gun , and the naval situation in general is nearly a s | bad as that of the army.
 The rumsellers of Philadelphia have bee