Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-26
stands all about the laying of drains,
water mains, connections and 80 forth.

DR.. Carter of Birmingham, England, re-
Gently, delivering an address on brain work
and brain workers, called special attention
to the danger of working too soon after
meals. At least half an hour should elapse
before exsrting the brain. An hours close
attention to one subject was as much as
could proftably be given at sitting. He
strongly deprecated the use of sedative
draughts by brain workers who could not
sleep.
Love will find way. The following ad
vertisement appeared the other day in
the London Morning Post: "Two lovers,
passionately devoted, but undergoing long
separation from each other, we'll connected,
but without present means for relieving
themselves of their unhappiness, desire
earnestly to hear from some one willing to
befriend them. Could give security for a
loan, and would have lifelong gratitude
toward their bsnefactor, with whom, if
wished, they would be happy to share their
home"
The recently opened telephone line be-
tween London and Paris is provided with
attendants whose duty 1t is to transmit
and receive the messages. They are ex-
pert "talkers," selected for distinctness
and rapidity of speech. The people who
pay for the service say or write what they
want to communicate, and 1t is repeated by
the professional "talker." An average
speed of 130 words a minute is expected.
AS far as possible the talking will be in
French, to avoid the kissing sounds that
make telephoning in English comparatively
difficult.
A syndicate of engineers has applied for
the privilege of constructing an elevated
railroad in Paris, to be operated by cleo
tricity. The project divides the city into
two parts by line running north and
south. A new street, 165 feet in width,
will be built, which will open into the
principal quarters, the Bourse, the Halles
Centrales, the Palsis du Senat and the Jar
din des Plantes. The central part of this
route will be reserved for the elevated line,
which will have two tracks, resting on
four rows of iron columns seventy. eight
feet in height. The projected line will
connect with the Metropolitan railroad
and with the important lines which already
exist.
The experiment that was proposed some
time ago of running mail cars on street
railroad lines in the large cities is now be-
ing tried in st. Louis. The cars are used
for making collections of mail from the
street boxes all over the city, and on the
ears mail clerks sort and arrange this for
instant dispatch when the cars reach the
misunderstanding saving. 1t is appar-
ent, in the forwarding of mail, and a saw
ing, it is thought, in the time of the post
Office employees. Ifthe heexperiment is found
to be altogether successful in st. Louis it
will be adopted in New York, Boston and
other large cities where mail that under
present arrangements is dropped into sub
urban letter boxes is necessarily very much
delay ed before starting on its travels from
the main Office of the city.
Any decadence of the Social Democratic
party in Germany, 30 ardently desired by
the emperor and the great men of the
country, does not seem apparent in the
list of party organs recently published.
According to that list, there appear in
Germany seventy-two Social Democratic
political journals, one illustrated paper,
two comic papers and ffty-fve trade
journals. Thirty of the political papers
are issued daily, six eemi- weekly, ten
weekly, and twenty six three times week.
Since last year there has been an increase
of three in the number of daily papers.
The trade journals for the most part are
issued weekly and fortnightly. With few
exceptions, the papers are controlled by
the executive committee of the Social
Democratic party, the profit flowing into
the common treasury. As rule they are
self supporting. The political journals
are said to have 254 1000 subscribers; and
the trade journals 200,0 900.