Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

So far there have been $500 applications for 22O consulates. And still they come.
 It costs something to run a yacht. The famous English yacht Sleuthhound is made responsible for fearful amount of extravs- gance in the bankruptcy proceeding in the case of Lord Francis Cecil, son of the Mar ouis of Exeter. Lord Francis wife brought him e2O0, ,000, and his father allowed him an income 930,000, but it had all gone through entertaining on the Sleuthhound, his only extravagance.
 A bill brought into parliament by MT. Sid- ney. Buxton, called the Housing of the Work ing Glasses bill," proposes to confer upon buy land and to build dwellings for the use of 'workmen engaged in the industry of the area it represents" In order to provide money for this purpose, there will be rear- rangement of land taxes, private gardens being increased in valuation.
 Some of the Baptist ministers of Detroit profess to see a danger to orthadox Protes- l tantism in the observance of Easter day, and 1 ct their ministers meeting Monday discussed the topic: tShall We observe Easter services in our churchssa" The sentiment of those present was largely against any special ob- l ssrvance of the day, and Rev. s. W. Titus went so far as to say that fit was the duty of | the Baptist ministers to show their people there was no authority for the observance of the day. It was simply get-up for display
 and not at all elevating in it's religious effect. 'It is after a pattern with these newspaper | advertisements of confirmation hats," said | he, "and baptismsl pants," added Rev. c. R. ! Henderson.
 The case of Miss Allan against the State Line Steamship company, which resulted in & verdict of twelve thousand five hundred l dollars for the plaintiff in the Brooklyn Su- preme court, is interesting. Miss Allan was a passenger on one of the defendants steam CTS. She was suffering from cold and asked the stewardess to get her five grains of qui. nine. The stewar6ess went to the surgeon 1 and got powder which the plaintiff took. l But instead of being quinine it proved to be ! @ strong murcurial preparation which pro- duced severe case of salvation. The pa tients teeth became loose, her gums seriously affected and even part of her jaw bone had | to be removed. She sued the company fol | damages and won her case.
 | A San Francisco man has found way to make the car stove less deadly. He surrounds ! the stove with water, which is sellf-applica
 ble for the purpose of extinguishment when.
 ever the car is upset. Two upright tanks oi only few inches in thickness, but whict l extend around the back part of the stove and from bottom to top of it, hold about fifty gal
 Ions of water, which in case of car turning
 over quickly runs out at the top and inte
 the stove, deadening the cosls at once and preventing them setting fire to the cars. The
 tops of the tanks are fitted with bayone
 catches, as are also the stove doors, and ir
 the top of the stove, in the mouth of thu
 stove pipe piece of wire netting is secured
 thus preventing coals and sparks from goinl
 out of the top of the stove. The tanks ar
 fitted with water guages. One object in tn
 use of these car stoves is that an abundan
 supply of hot water is always available fo
 any purpose for which it may be needed O
 the train. There is no likelihood of an excea
 of moisture in the atmosphere of the car
 the top of the tank communicates with tn
 stove pipe, and thesteam ascends through i
 The statement of the New York Evenin
 Post that, with the exception of Professe
 Robert Ellis Thompson of the University { Pennsylvania, it knew of no teacher of DO