Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-03

well.
 Friday may be an unluoky day, but the appearance of the beautiful sun took the curse of of yesterday pretty effectually.
 The great John L. finds that Governor Lowry is "a stayer." The prize fighters de- fiance of the law Is likely to cost him eome- thing now.
 Cremation finds much favor in Italy It has been adopted in forty-two communities to the exclusion of every other method of disposing of dead human bodies.
 It is calculated that if everybody who uses ten pounds of sugar will economiza enough to make nine pounds take the place of ten, the reduction in consumption will put the sugar trust to It's trumps. Let us eoon- omize.
 There is lesson In the melancholy fate of Charles Slaughter, a young farmer in Ken- lucky His wife insisted upon her husband holding the baby while she prepared break. fast. He soon grew weary, stepped Into the yard and blew out his brains.
 About five hundred veterinary surgeons in Great Britain have signed paper condemn. ing the overhead check rein as painful te horses and productive of disease. It dis torts the windpipe, and Is liable to cause paralysis of the muscles of the face, apoplexy coma and inflammation of the brain, all thes, resulting in shortening the life of the horse Dr. Dorchester has returned from his ton, of inspection of Indian schools, and report l that frequent changes of the teachers, fo party reasons chiefly, have bad efeot Many Indians learn readily; their penman ship is generally superior, and many shov remarkable talent for drawing. Dr. Dor chester will recommend no changes for part reasons. He will try to bring about gradus changes from contract to governmen schools, believing that the latter are moro 1 accordance with the general theory and prac tice under the school systems of the States. It has been very uncomfortable in thi region lately but not as bad as it might b' In southern Russia for the first ten days July the thermometer never registered leI than IA degrees in the sun at noon, and c more than ono occasion rose to the alnaol intolerable pitch of 130 in the shade. Ds after day the record was the same. Never shower, nor even passing cloud. The a absolutely still, without even morning evening breeze. The nights differing fro the days only in being dark instead of lish just as sultry, just ss oppressive.
 The Boston Advertiser has discovered
 simple plan for preventing mosquito bite
 Should any prefer to try the remedy to ris ing themselves against the insects, here 1t
 Boil quart of tar until it becomes qul
 thin, remove the clothing, and before the t
 becomes perfectly cool, with a broad,
 brush, apply smooth coating to the enti , surface of the body and limbs. While t
 tar remains soft the insects may become e
 tangled in its treacherous folds, thus becol ing perfectly harmless; Gut 1t will soon fo,
 hard, smooth coating over the entire bod
 entirely impervious to their bites. Shou
 it crack at the knee or elbow joints, 1t is or
 necessary to retoueh the fractured spots. T
 whole coat should be renewed every three
 four weeks.
 Il The San Francisco Chronicle is mu
 alarmed by the ruling of the treasury p mitting Chinese to pass in transit throu the United States. It says that the ruli
 opens the gate nearly as wide as ever to 1 Chinese, and that i've shall have to go O
 the Chinese question again, and strain ev' nerve to retain the ground that we thoul