Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
 Four months ego there was no money in sight. Now there is SO much that 1t can't be proftably used.
 A fountain that stood for many years on the main street square in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has been removed and set up in cemetery. Its base bears in big letters the touchingly appropriate word, "Welcome."
 Anew process of rain-raaking was recent ly brought before the Academic des Sciences, Paris, by M. Baudoin. His theory Is that electricity maintains the water in clouds in state of small drops, and that If the cleo tricity be discharged the water will come down.
 The prefect of police has asked the Paris Illustrated papers not to publish portraits of anarchists, arrested or "wantsd." Vanity and the craving for notoriety are ruling passions with that kind of people, he says, and it isn't wise to make celeb rites of them.
 One of the postmen in the Austrian town of Lemberg is Joseph Jsgellon, who is descendant in the direct line of family which occupied the throne of Poland from the beginning of the fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth century. His descent Is undoubted, but he has learned to be con- tent with his station in life, and recently received a silver medal from the govern ment for long and faithful service.
 An Oklahoma merchant carelessly allow ed 8 few castor beans to get mixed with his oats. He probably thought nothing of 1t at the time, and sold the oats to a stable keeper. Several of the horses to which the grain was fed sickened and died. Vetefi- nary surgeozs esid It was the result of est ing the castor beans. The stable keeper sued for damages and the careless grain dealer was compelled, by order of the court, to pay $55O.
 Theodore R Timby, now seventy. one years old, and in Chicago hale and hearty, claims to have invented the revolving tur- ret of modern naval vessels. He ssys that the idea came to him when a boy, over fifty years ago, from the first sight he had of Castle William, in New York hsrbor. He took his idea to John 0. Calhoun, who interested other senators in 1t, and induced Mr. Timby to submit 1t to the chief of en- gineers and the chief of ordnance. A committee of army and navy officers few years later decided against 1t on account of its cost, but Mir. Timby patented the idea iu 1S43 and secured a broad claim In 1862.
 The London Chemist and Druggist says: It appears that some of the Ceylon tea planters are making an organized attempt to obtain a sale for their tea seed In the London market. A parcel of seven bags of that article was offered at the drug sales recently, but no one seemed to know what to do with 1t, and although the broker de- | clsred his belief that the drug was ''a fs- | vorite medicine In China" the audience remained unmoved. Nevertheless, the tss 1 seed might have been worth purchasing for the sake of the bland oil which 1t con- tains, to the extent of about 35 per cent. by weight, and which resembles olive oil | In color and somewhat in taste. The seeds | are about the size of & cherry stone, sub | globular in shape. and of deep brown | color. The oil would be useful for burn- ing or lubricsting.
 A New York publisher has recently ob- tained from all the important libraries In | the United States a report of the most popular novels, as shown by the number of times the books were cslled for, and 150 of the most popular works of fiction were taken as the list from each library. h 8 statement of the books that reached the highest percentage of popularity, 1t was found that 'David Copperield" had the highest place on the list, and that "Ivsn- hoe" stood next to 1t. Then "The Scarlet Letter." "Uncle Toms Cabin, ""Bsn-Hur," "Adam Bede, ""Vanity Fair, !" "Jsne Eyre,r "The Last Days of Pompeii, "John Hali- fax, Gentlemsu," Lies Miserables" and "Little Women" follow in the order in which they are here mentioned. The pop ularlty of these works, which are all novels of the highest order, indicates that the best books are slso the most widely read.
 Dependent and delinquent children are well looked out for in New York city. In that city there are, besides the public in- stitutions, twenty seven different institu- tions for the care of children which are under private management. but mainly supported by public funds, and there are It, ,0O0 inmates In these institutions. With regard to ten of these, containing 7,500 in- mates and receiving $s50, 900 year from the city, there Is virtually no public con- trol or supervision. The managers are at Bherfv to recziva whom they plaase as in-