Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-18

not in good standing.
 We can't have everything to please us This is summer of fine weather, the crops are excellent and things in general are cheering. But it is great year for mos-
 quitoes.
 An English court has decided that railroad servants cannot eject persons from trains who say they have lost their tickets, the on- ly remedy being to sue the passenger for breach of contract.
 When the present duty was placed upon wool we produced in this country about co., 900, 900 pounds annually, and that of the in- ferior grade. What did protection accom- plishi In less than twenty years the home product had increased to 325, ,000, 900 pounds, the breeds of sheep had been greatly i'm proved, and the weight of fleece had increas- ed from something under two pounds to al- most five pounds. The progress is almost wholly traceable to the tariff on wool.
 An Alabama man has been making some inquiries as to the progress which the ne- groes of that State are making. 'There is one thing can tell you," said the tax col lector of his county; "there's no class of peo- pie who pay their taxes as promptly as the negroes. Let a negro come to own 8 piece of land, and he'll starve rather than let it go. should have an easy time of it if I had no more trouble with the average white
 man about taxes than I have with the negro land owners"
 The Engineering News, which recently published an exhaustive article, accompe-
 nied with illustrations, on the present con- dition of the Panama canal, has supplement- ed this service to the public by treating the Nicaragua canal in the same manner. The estimated cost of the latter enterprise made upon the basis of the survey of 1885 is $64,- 000, 900, and the News says that the survey of December last may possibly justify an in- crease of the estimate somewhat, but making full allowance upon all items of doubt, it be- lieves thatsthe canal can be built for less company has already got rid of four or five times that amount of money.
 Some queer men live in Buffalo, the for- I mer home of the reform president. One of them strolled the other day into commis- sion house at the Elk street market, where ! stood g bushel basket full of eggs. The stranger looked at them while and then de- liberately stepped into the basket. The crash that followed brought out the proprie- tor. "See here, what in the name of the l seven devils are you doingF' "Oh, I only l wanted to see how it would seem to stand ! on this basket of eggs," said the man, calm l ly. stYou'Il settle for this before you leave ] here," was the reply of the irate merchant. ''I haven't any objection" he replied, pro- l ducing well filed wallet and paying in full | for the damage. Then he strolled out as calmly as he strolled in.
 The use of common salt appears to be of increasing importance in connection with building materials. Among the carpenters the article is now found to be of aid in the
 heating of glue, and where, as has been usual in ioiners' and cabinetmakers' shops, the glue
 is melted in jacket kettle, surrounded by water, it is said to be an improvement to place salt in the water in the outer kettle that is, the addition of salt raises the boiling point and therefore enables the glue in the
 kettle to be kept at 8 higher temperature
 than could be maintained with water alone, and this is advantageous to the work. Again,