Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-20

water mark. The Boston Herald publishes pictures of fourteen of the leading coachmen of the city.
 The Hartford disaster has stirred up people to the necessity of safer building and more care about boilers. It is pity to have the lesson such a dreadful one, but it Is to be hoped that its impression will be profound and lasting.
 The railroad hearing was continued yester- day, and much that was of interest was brought out. Unless the Housstonic people can make out a better case than they have thus far shown they will not deeply impress the legislature. It is not good time for speculative parallel schemes.
 High license in Mississippi is really high. Kinds county, which includes the State csp- ital, held local option election last week, which resulted in victory for the "wets.'' Licenses will therefore be granted for the sale of liquor In Jackson, but they will be granted under law passed by the last legis laturs, which fixes the fee in that city at $1 300 for general saloons, and $500 for malt liquors. Under this system the city, which hrs population of about coco, will not have more than three or four saloons.
 Helen Campbell regrets that the term so- cialism has become one of opprobrium in this country. She has studied all phases of the higher socialism in London and believes that England "is to-day better ready for many beginnings of social reform than our own America" and says that there are hun- dreds of thinking men who have come from the English and German universities fully penetrated with the claim that life makes upon them and giving all their strength and time to the solving of the social problem.
 Confidence in the ability of the French copper syndicate to maintain the present higt range of prices for the metal is continuously decreasing. It appears that the visible sup ply of copper in Europe daring the first hall of February increased nearly 5000 tons, ane the unsold stock there amounts to more thar 115, 900 tons. The syndicate owns the great or part of 1t, and this load, which is con
 tinuously being increased, they must carry o throw it upon the market for what it vii
 bring. Should they be compelled to adop
 the latter alternative there would be such seen in many years.
 A crudely constructed wool spinning ma
 chine has made It's appearance in New York The inventor claims that he has solved th'
 problem of continuous ring spinning by pos itive draft or attenuation. Hundreds O thousands of dollars have been expended by capitalists in experiments and manufacturing machines in the eastern States which have proven failures. The principal of the new invention lies in the use of three rollers, two of which rotate first in one direction anG then in another, and yet at ali times draw the half-spun wool from the feed roll. The rollers pass forward and backward and ths twist in the thread is not interfered with
 The principle, the inventor claims, is new one in mechanics. Wool is spun on the machine daily. The inventor claims that hii machine will revolutionizs wool spinning. Recent events in New York have showr the need of better care of the insane. It ii proposed to establish State commission ir lunacy to consist of three members, one physician, one lawyer and one a business man, whose duty it shall be to make fire quent inspections of all asylums, public ani l private, examine all new patients and invck l the necessary power to effect reforms On of the members is to have 8 moderate salary I and will no doubt be expected to devote hi time to the work. There is now only on 1 officer to do this work, though the numbe of insane confined in asylums has treble since the present system was established