Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-21

This Is 8 foolish proposition ana VIII come to l naught
 A most interesting experiment, which seems entirely successful, has been made at the clinical exhibition of the College of Den lists in New York city. A dentist has suc- ceeded in transplanting teeth from one per- sons jaw to anothers, the supply of sound teeth being obtained from inmates of re- formatory institutions.
 Mutual organizations to insure against epi- denies are being established in some of the large manufactories of Sheffield, England. Each workman contributes 2 or 21a per cent. of his wages, and in return is guaranteed a payment equal to his average wages should he be obliged to quit work on account of any epidemic in his family. The proprietors of the manufactories have charge of the funds.
 The organized barbers of Massachusetts have appealed to the clergymen of the State to use their influence with members of the General court to prevent the repeal of the present law which compels barbers' shops to be closed on Sunday. This law has not been strictly enforced everywhere, and the effort of the organized barbers to have it enforced has led to the movement for it's re- peal.
 An Ohio congressman wrote as follows to postmaster who had asked his aid for 8 meas ure to increase the salaries of third and fourth class postmasters: "If you people who so greedily snatched the small postofices now e foE Eaoy1 my advice would bgto give them back to the men you got them of; they did not complain, and you volunteered to oust them. I am quite sure they will gladly relieve you if you desire"
 The most notable result of prohibition in Rhode Island, according to Governor Davis, is decrease in the income of the State treasury last year of $100,000 and ar in crease in the States running expenses for the same period, 50 that they exceed the receipts by $15, ,000. This unfavorable financial show ing would not occasion so much criticism were it not for the fact that unlicensed tip bling goes on about as freely as it did before prohibition was adopted.
 Close on the heels of the announcement that the maple sugar makers of Vermont are working to protect the purity of their pro- duct comes the news that patent for the manufacture of artificial maple sugar has been issued to Josiah Daily, of Madison. Ind. It is made by adding to a gallon of ordinary sugar three tablespoonfuls of a decoction made from hickory bark. The inventor says that this syrup cannot be distinguished from the genuine maple syrup. This is cheering to those who want to sell the patented sugar for the pure.
 Veneer manufacturers having been put to much trouble and expense to secure from the natives of Persia, or from French markets even, fancy wood burls from which to carve out veneers for manufacturing purposes, have demonstrated by recent experiments that red wood stumps possess meritorious qualities for such use, and will undoubtedly be substituted for the more costly woods in the future. The demand for burl and curly red wood for finishing work has already reached large proportions in the West. The large butts of trees now being slain in Cali fornia forests will be used to great extent. The new high license law is going to work we'll in Philadelphia. Of the six thousand saloon keepers now selling rum in the city 8 good many are shut out by the fact that they are on record as law breakers, good many cannot afford to pay the $500, and good many more cannot procure competent bonds men. In the fifth ward, for instance, there are PAT saloons, there are just forty-seven real estate owners qualified to act as bonds men, the law forbids the same real estate owner to go on more than one bond, and so in this ward alone the number will be reduced by two hundred.
 The Maharajah of Darbhanga, Bengal, seems to be a good deal of man, even if he isn't quite white. He has established, in connection with Lady Dufferin's Medical Aid for Women fund, a hospital and dispensary for women at cost to himself of more than $25, ,000. This benevolent nobleman during the past eight years has expended in philan- thropic works fully $1, 10000 including the
 building and endowment of three hospitals
 and twenty three schools, the opening of 150 miles of roads and the construction of irriga- ton works at cost of $350, 1000. When he vvas made K O. L E he rarnittad &160 O00