Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-05

An edict from the local authorities has
abolished the pawnshops of Washington.
What will the oaieeseskers do nows
Prince Leon Galitzen, who was one of the
judges of the wine exhibits at the Paris ex-
hibitien, has been compelled to taste sc, 600
varieties of wine within the last three
months.
The list of Alaska resources grows larger
rapidly: Not only is 1t said to have
an abundance of minerals and an inexhausti-
BILE supply of coal, but 1t is now claimed by
few enthusiasts that it IL a great natural
wheat country in some parts. Still further,
learned crank now comes forward to prove
that the heart of Alaska is magnificent
semi-tropioal region, being protected from
tho cold of the North by lofty chain of
mountains, and artifeially warmed by vast
number of volcanoes and hot springs. He
admits that he has never been In Alaska, bat
the fact, he says. Is really point In favor of
his theory, for he is not burdsned with any
prejudicss on the subject.
A German periodical gives some interest
ing facts concerning the frequency of thun-
derstorms in various regions of the world.
Java has thunderstorms on the average 81
days in the year; Samatra, So; Hindoostan,
Sc; Borneo, 81; the Gold Coast, 50; Rio de
Janeire, 81; Italy,3s; West Indies. SO; South
Guinea, 80; Buenes Ayres, Canada and AUS
tria, %; Baden, Wurtenbsrg and Hungary,
90; Silesia, Bavaria and Belgium, 81; Hol-
land, IS; Saxony and Brandenburg, II;
France, Austria and South Russia, 1e; Spain
and Portugal. 10; Sweden and Finland, s.;
England and the high Swiss mountains, q;
Norway, 4; Cairo, 3. In east Turksnstsn, as
well a. in the extreme north, there are almost
no thunderstsrms. The northern limits Of
the thunderstorms are Cape Ogle, northern
part of North America, Iceland, Novaja,
Semelja and the coast of the Siberian lee sea-
Under the provisions Of the new anti-con-
bination law in Missouri, on September 25
the secretary Of state called upon about seven
thousand corporations to make affidavit that
they were not members Of any trust or SINH
lar organization devised to prevent competi-
tien, and required them to respond within
thirty days. He has since extended the time
until the 18th inst. OF the corporations ad-
dressed about twenty-five hundred have COM
piled with the law and five hundred are
shown to have gone out of business. It is
believed that about one thousand of those
remaining on the list are really defunct, but
there are about three thousand to be account
ed for, and nearly two-thirds of these were
chartered in other States. The attention Of
the prosecuting attorneys will be directed to
these if it shall not appear on or before the
14th inst. that they are not violating the law.
An English correspondent Of the New York
Herald has something interesting to say con-
| cerning monster guns and thsir cost. Il ap-
pears that q 10 ton gun eats up about one
| hundred and twenty-fve thousand dollars
before 1t ID ready to test. Then the powder
for each discharge costs about three hundred
dollars and the prejectile about nine hundred
dollars. By the time twenty shots have been
fred the investment has. grown to $50 ,000,
and then the gun may and sometimes does
is added that some of the greatest naval Of
GERS In England begin to believe that making
big guns Is a mistake. Sir William Arm
strong, who makes them for the governments,
says: "Whether monster guns ba q mistake
or not is fairly debatabls question. A mon
ster gun ia incidental to q monster ironclad
and have never advocated either one or the
other"
Some funny things happen in royal houses
When Queen Natalia visited her son the othel
day, the juvenile monarch first gave her
military salute, and then addressed her il