Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-11

up before magistrate the other day
charged with fntoxication, and the latter
said: 'Uncas, you ought to be ashamed
of yourself; you are a Christian and should
know better 4 no Christian, Mr.. Judge,
said the Indian; 'Uncas only a Presby-
terian.'" ''That reminds me-" responded
the Presbyterian; 81 was at your Santee
mission, not long ago, and called on the
Episcopal minister in charge, and while we
were talking the door opened and in STUN
bled top heavy Sioux chief with, How,
preaeher, howl come to see you Qhic)
and two, three other good churchmen with
me-"
The world isn't all evil. "The best pro-
lection young woman can have in this
city" said big policeman on the Broad
way squad, sis one of those little silver
crosses that the Kings Daughters wear.
I've noticed that nowadays the professional
masher will look first at the bosom of q
woman's dress, and if that little cross is
dangling from buttonhole he passes her
by without even stare. It's the same
way on street cars as on the street. The
young woman who wears one of those
badges has got the whole car load of
men to take care of her and jump on the
fellow that dares to annoy her. The cross
is getting to be looked on with the same
respect and Difference as nuns garb. AS
safeguard it beats the average policeman
all hollow"
A new experience of the danger of cleo
tricity is recorded. DR.. George S. Hull
recently conducted some experiments with
ice cream freezers, and he finds that gal
vanic action takes place, which results in
the introduction of poisonous salts of cop
per and zinc into the cream. 1t appears
that the freezer and the paddle are gener-
ally made of dissimilar metals, and the
cream, especially if mixed with fruits or
other acid, or even saline substances,
forms an electrolyte, which naturally COM
pletes the necessary conditions for galvanic
action. With galvanic action there is, of
course, chemical action, resulting in the
formation of salts of zinc and copper,
which become mixed with the cream. DIR.
Hull has probably discovered the cause of
many mysterious cases of poisoning which
have followed the consumption of ice
cream. The remedy, however, seems very
simple; if the freezer and the mixer were
made of the same metal no galvanic action
could take place.
Maine is now the Spruce Tree State
Formerly the pine trade was by far the
more important, but the more recent ex-
portation of spruce has sent the figures for
the latter far ahead of those for the for
mer. 1t is estimated that SOC, ZOO, 600 feet
of logs are cut in the State every year, a
vast total, especially when it is remembered
that States of the West, like Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, have developed
rapidly and greatly as pine producing
areas. A census bulletin showed that the
supremacy in this branch of the lumber
industry had passed from Maine, and it is
somewhat reassuring to learn how large q
lumber business is still conducted ''Down
East" In 1855 1913, 900, 900 feet of pine
were surveyed at Bangor, and only 49,
900, 900 of spruce, while as early as 1865
the situation had changed and spruce had
already attained the lead with 107, sos, ,s67
feet surveyed, to 4s, ,296, ,222 of pine. Dur
ing the present year less than $4,000, 900
feet of pine viii be surveyed, against 150,-
600, 900 feet of spruce, condition prob
ably duplicated at other points in the
State