Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-10

An alarm bell is placed in the sleeping | apartment of the groom and connected
 with 6 spring circuit closer by means of 6
 small insulated wire. The circuit closer is operated by light, flexible cord stretched across the rear of the stalls. When the
 horses are disturbed in the night by being
 backed out of their stalls by thieves or any other cause, an alarm Is instantly sounded. They say Woman has no mind to speak of, and yet Mrs. W. J. Baird, of England,
 is famous as one of the most expert chess analysts in the world. Her chess problems
 are considered among the best and most difficult published. She has competed in many tournaments and has won many prizes. Mrs. Baird Is the wife of Deputy
 Inspector General W. J. Baird, and they
 have ten-year-old daughter who has also shown great taste for chess and has com posed several remarkable problems.
 Professional typewriters say that 1t is almost like learning 6 new language to change employers. Says one of them: "After one hss written from the dictation of one man for a long time, she gets so &C., customed to his vocabulary that she could l almost find the words and letters on the keyboard of the machine with her eyes shut. have had three places SO far, and in each one found that my employer had about 200 words that he used In the regular course of business, and had a certain way of framing his sentences"
 A government report recently published In France shows that in 1891 there were s,1s0 suicides in that country, being at the rate of 21 for each 100, 900 of population. More than three quarters of the suicides were of men. It is noticeable that hang ing was the fsvorite means of self destruc- ton among men. and drowning among women. Nearly one half of the men and one half of the women used these means, respectively. Poison was used by 8 notably small number, a little more than per cent. of the men and about 15 per cent. of the women. Charcoal fumes, once supposed to be very popular for this service, were used by 3 per cent. of the men and 15 per cent Of the women.
 There are some queer things in Italy. Tiburzi, an Italian highwsymsn, for thirty years past has committed his robberies on the plains of Viterbo, and the authorities have never been able to catch or disturb him on account of the help of the country people, who are terrorized by him. Re gently, according to his frequent practice, he demanded considerable sum from the proprietor of an estate, threatening fire, devastation and murder in case of refusal. The sum was to be addressed to the post office at Rome and delivered on call. The police advised sending paper in the en- velope, and watched the office. A we'll known member of the Italian parliament called for the letter, received 1t. and no arrests were made. An inquiry in parlIs- ment Is expected on the case, but no one has dared call for 1t as yet.
 Nr. Henry V. Spencer, superintendent of the poor for Oswego county, New York, who has traced the history of many pauper families back for two or three generations, is in favor of separating the parents and children and binding the latter out to re- spectable families. He finds that this is something the pauper will never do him self, for his children are useful to him as messengers to the charity office to bring back the weekly pittsnee, and as long as he keeps them at home no attempt is likely to be made to send the family in a body to the poorhouse. In support of his theory MT. Spencer cites the case of family of four generations which he found in his own county. Among them was s- woman with two children and a worthless hus- band. Previous to their coming to the poor house the family had supported this man and his family in mud hovel- As soon as homes were found for the children the woman left the poor house and has supported herself ever since. MT. Spencer admits that his plan of reducing the num- ber of paupers woa&d-prove costly at its inception, but says that as the children be come educated and self-reliant, hereditary pauperism would rapidly become a thing of the past.
 
 The Chicago Herald states great truth we'll known when 1t says: Capital, meaning money that is invested, ,.or is seeking in- vestment, is a more aggressive competitor than any other agent of civilization. Money. or the owner of the money, which Is the same thing. strives more industriously, plans more cunningly, watches more vigil antly for profitable employment than labor strives, plans and watches for employment. A laboring man will knock of work if |ewsges are reduced. If money cannot get 10 per cent. interest 1t will work for per cent. If 1t cannot get per cent. it will take 3, or 1. It will earn something, even but little In excess of nothing, rather than remain idle Alaboring man seldom | will take job from another laboring man.
 Money will pick up. without scruple and
 in greedy glee, scheme of profit right from under the eyes or hands of another
 money owner. Capital combines against
 common enemies. like bad laws, fraudulent enterprises and onfidence games generally. | But 1t always will grab for a good thing, even wher the hand of another is almost
 on the prize.