Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-14

Yesterday was much to good day to break.
 The greatest monopoly in France is that enjoyed by the Vichy Mineral Water compa- ny. It pays fifty per cent. to it's sharehold- CTS and only 2 1 2 to the State, from which it secured the original grant of the mineral springs. Shares of the stock that were orig finally 530 francs are now 4, 400 francs.
 Heury George is evidently making pro gress. Jonathan A. Lane, in his address as president of the Merchants association, the wealthiest body in Boston, after some plain words on tax lodging, suggested: "Now, gentlemen, suppose that we shift this thing little and put this tax upon the real property of the commonwealth, upon the real estate alone," appealing in closing to those present to ''throw their influence in favor of the change" (to single tax on real estate), be- cause it "would make our taxation honest and promote the interest of the entire con- monwealth."
 The Philadelphia Record says that in com- pliance with the acquisition from the Sacred College of the Inquisition at Rome the Cath olic authorities of the country are investigat- ing the results of the intermarriage of Catho- lies and Protestants. The object is to learn whether the promises exacted by the church that the children shall be reared in the Cath olic faith have been faithfully kept; in how many cases the Protestants have been con- verted; if any cases have occurred where the Catholic parties have apostatized from the faith, and the number of children who have been lost to the church through mixed mar- riages.
 The Australian ballot system has been test ed at the Reform club in New York. There were about 225 tickets cast, containing fifteen names of candidates selected by the nominating committee, and seven names of opposition candidates. Only fifteen names could be voted for on each ticket. For the first forty minutes the voting was at the rate of about two @ minute. Including all the candidates the number of votes cast was 3,375. The counting was a tremendous af- l fair It began at 10 o'clock, yet at midnight it was not finished. The members report very fayorably as regards their experience of | this system.
 The abolition of slavery in Brazil has beer followed by serious industrial disturbances | The old relationship of master and slave hal been dissolved, and no new relationship as employer and employe has yet been satisfac torily adjusted. Indeed, the planters complain that financial stringency renders it impossi ble for them to hire laborers with read. money, so they have had to resort to al
 kinds of arrangements, mostly of crop shar ing character. The result is chaos. Tn
 freedmen neglect their work, to the ruin O
 he crops; or, when the harvest is ripe, the.
 take their share and decamp, leaving the re
 mainder to spoil.
 Says the New York Medical Journal In al
 experimental observation of thirty y-eigh boys of all classes of society and of averag
 health, who had been using tobacco for pc
 riods ranging from two months to two years
 twenty seven showed severe injury to tn
 constitution and insufficient growth; thirty two showed the existence of irregularity (
 the hearts action, disordered stomachi
 coughs and craving for alcohol; thirtee
 had intermittency of the pulse and one ha consumption. After they had abandone | the use of tobacco within six months on' half were free from all their former syml
 toms, and the remainder had recovered
 the end of the year.
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