Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-27

Some of the Wall street enthusiasts are talking about erecting tents for the lambs who are expected to flock thither during the pleasant summer days. Nothing is said about the tents being hospital tents.
 It is reported in s5me of the Boston papers that the Massachusetts delegates at large to Chicago are all in favor of Blaines nomina- tion. But the Worcester Spy says that with out positive information on the subject, or authority to speak for any of the delegates, Give are sure the report is not true"
 Mir. Moses Fraley, the big operator in grain who failed the other day, seems capable of learning. He has decided not to speculate any more, and says: "To deal in small amounts you make nothing, and to trade heavily is great risk, while the whole busi- ness is disreputable by reason of the amount of lying done by those engaged in it."
 E. E. Ries, Baltimore inventor, has just secured five patents for devices for getting heat from electricity. The difficulty in uti- izing it for heating purposes has been in the losses arising from the high resistance in the devices used to convert electricity into heat. Mir. Ries claims to have overcome this difi- culty and produces heat by electricity at cost considerably less than the same amount of heat can be produced by the present bum gling methods. The patents include devices for heating houses by private apparatus or from central stations, for heating and light ing railroad cars, etc.
 George Pemberton Clarke has published his autobiography. As will be seen by the following statement he has lived quite a life: I have travelled 10000 miles, crossed the equator eight times, encircled the earth once, doubled Cape Horn four times, visited forty eight countries, sixty-six islands, lived under six kingdoms, seven republics, seventeen other forms of government, civilized and say age, starved twice, chewed by whale, bitten by shark, blown up with powder, bursted boiler, broken leg, broken arm, kidnapped once, asphyxiated once, captured by canni- bals, elected to be roasted, attacked by rob bers, carried over Chagres Falls lover the Rip Raps, Virginia, fell down the ships hold, fell down elevator hatchway, married twice, am we'll, strong and hearty to-day; that's enough for one man.
 A teacher of Mississippi colored folks has been taking notes of queer expressions that 8 he has heard from her pupils and in meet ing, and the American Missionary publishes them. Here are a few: s'Go,to the great physicianer;" t'I use consecrated lye;n 'sShe is crippler;" 70 Lord, give us good think- ing facticals;" t'The meeting will be in the basin of the church," 60 Lsrd, throw over board all the load we'se totin' and the sins which upset us;n' Jog them in remembrance of their yows;" 'sI want her to resist me with the ironing;n 'I want all you people to ad- here to the bell;" 'iThere will be no respecta- ble people in heaven, God is no respecter of persons);" ''I was much disencouraged;" cit was said at the startment of this meeting;n 'sI take care of three head of children" ssWe have passed through many dark scenes and unseens.n
 ssUnder-billing" is to be attacked A sen- ate bill provides in substance that any agent or employe of railroad who shall knowingly assist any shipper in obtaining transportation for property at less than the regular rates by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing or false report of weight, or by any other means, shall be deemed guilty of roisdemeanor and for each offense shall be subject to g fine of not exceeding S5, ,O0O or imprisonment for not exceeding two years, or