Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-18

city at 1,042, ITO.
 Henry George and Dr. McGlynn don't make much headway in abolishing any ybody'f poverty but their own, but the good work is still going on. The savings banks of New York city show an increase of $12, 1000, ,000 in deposits and the banks of the whole State au increase of $26, 100000.
 To be cross eyed is not usually considered an advantage, but it has been found to be so in Indiana. An Indiana farmer, whose daughter ran away with a cross eyed farm hand, declared that he never could tell when his hired man was looking at his daughter aud therefore he didn't suspect him. The channel tunnel company is to have g bill introduced in the British parliament providing for the construction of a tunne between England and France. This will make the third attempt to have the project author. ized and it is sate to say that 1t will not suc- |-eeed. The English are not ready to have 8 might come to England.
 A new light, called 'luoigen," is employed successfully and cheaply at several of the En glish railroad stations. Oil of creosote, { cheap coal tar product,is blown in spray into lamp by jet of compressed air and allowed to burn The effect is said to be remarkable A lucigen lamp throws out six times as much | light as 8 common arc light, and presents $ luminous surface three hundred and fifty times greater.
 IL. oR a.-1 kinds of wood for building purposes, Pro lessor Johnson calls attention to the fact, ai l now demonstrated, that many cheaper kinds of timber may prove more valuable fol structures than more expensive varieties 1 which have been supposed to be stronger, and, therefore, more desirable. Thus, pine supports or pillars have been found stronger l than oak ones, when tested in large sam | ples.
 l Detroit is mildly agitated over matter | which is likely to become conspicuous else l where. Some time ago number of Detroit physicians conceived the idea of adopting tn. contract systsm. That is of contracting tt
 look after the health of certain number O families, charging each family $10 8 year | oAA doctors thought they had discovered a bo
 manga, as they had taken care to make tht contract only with healthy families. Blu they were accused of unprofessional condue by some of their brethren, and one of then | was tried. He was acquitted, however, ant
 the contract system has apparently y come t
 stay in Detroit.
 | of G01r Ia lano
 self. government. The citizens committee o 100, presided over by Reginald Fsndall, ha under consideration 8 report of 8 specia
 committee favoring bill placing the Distrie
 under one commissioner appointed by tn
 President, instead of three, and counci l with certain legislative powers. The presen l commission has both executive and 1egisla tive functions, and contains one Unite'
 States army officer, which is distasteful t
 the people of the District. The early de
 bates in congress are quoted as favoring tn
 claim that it was understood that in tim
 the District would be represented in eongres and would have local legislature of som
 sort.
 The belief that human beings should sleel
 with their heads to the north is said to hay
 it's foundation in @ scientific fact. The Frencl
 Academy of Sciences has made experiment
 upon the body of guiIlotined man which g
 to prove that each human system is in itsel
 an electric battery, one electrode being rep | resented by the head, the other by the feet The body was taken immediately after destl
 and placed on a pivot, to move as 1t might After some vacillation the head portio
 turned towards the north, the body then re
 maining stationary. One of the professor
 turned it half way round, but it soon regaine
 it's original position, and the same result wa
 repeatedly obtained until organic moremen
 finally ceased.