Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-20

' attracting good deal of attention. No poor I man can afford to be senator.
 Two Texan women are the largest indiyid- ual sheep and stock owners in the world. I One of these, the Widow Callahan, owns 50,- ! 900 sheep, and when long train of wagons l starts out each spring and fall for market, loaded down with the wool of her sheep, it is l sight worth seeing. The other is Mrs. Rogers, the great herd owner of southwestern Texas, who is worth about million dollars. l Mrs. Rogers owns no carriage, preferring to 1 ride on horseback in the free and easy style | of the cowboy.
 France, Austria and Germany have adopt | ed smokeless gundowner for their armies, and | are conducting experiments to get an explo- | sive as nearly noiseless as possible. fair l degree of success has been reached, and ex- perts have no doubt that by the time the ] next European war begins the smoke and noise will have been done away with. It is alleged that the French will suffer most by ! this, as the men of that nation are least able to withstand the terrorizing effect of being \ moved down by silent missiles from unseen enemies.
 Investigation of fire ruins shows that peros terra cotta bricks and blocks best resist fire, water and frost. next to these in the order of fire resisting qualities being the various con- cretes, or some of them, and burned clay work. In the best building work now done ! the iron part IS encased in porous terra cotta tile or brick work, in roof, floor and tile con. struction; the hollow tiles are faced with vitreous tile, slate or any good weather-pro coating, or with single thickness of brick Encased in fre-proof materials, iron and steel framework is claimed to give the best results.
 A measure suggested by MT. Andrew H Greene years age; and frequently advocated since, is now pending in the legislature al ! Albany. It's purpose is to include within the limits of New York city, Brooklyn and other neighboring cities on Long Island and the greater part of Westchester county, sc that the area of the city would be increased from about forty-two square miles to about | two hundred, and its population from mil lion and half to three millions, making il second only to London among the cities oi the world in the number of it's inhabitants It is great scheme.
 The Christian Union has the following tt say: We do not know what the Boston min isters will think of the Christian Union
 which has frankly advised it's readers ir
 Aassachus etts to vote against the constitu-
 tional prohibition. Probably they will think
 we are directly cooperating with the enc
 mics of religion and the State. The attemp to influence public opinion by name-callinl
 generally indicates 8 secret consciousness il
 the one who calls names that ths argument
 are weak and the reasons few for his side
 The real question for the voters of Massaehu
 setts to determine is whether prohibition, clause in the constitution or g maintenanc of high license coupled with local option of
 lords better hope of reducing the liquo traffic and restricting it's evils, and eventual ly getting rid of the saloons altogether.
 Dr. Joseph Anderson of Waterbury is
 man who thinks and isn't afraid to speal
 when he thinks it necessary. In sermon last Sunday he attacked gambling st churcl fairs. He had no reputation for rigid pur
 itanism to sustain, he said. He had refuse,
 to brand things innocent or indifferent a
 evil and sinful. But the church fair lotter was, in its essence, gambling, and therefor