Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18

mercy. "Men of our Standing" wouldn't do political work Sunday.
 The collecting mania takes queer shapes. Philadelphia possesses a collector of horseshoes, Boston a gstherer of bricks, New Orleans a collector of sugar samples, Louisville a gatherer of sample Tasks of whisky, but Nebraska beats them all. She boasts of a man who takes locks of hair shaved from the heads of noted erim- inals which he labels and indexes with great care.
 If you want to make tea right follow this Chinese recipe engraved on many tespots used in the celestial empire: "on a slow fire set a tripod, fill it with clear rain water; boil 1t as long as would be needed to turn fish white and lobster red; throw this upon the delicate leaves of choice tea; let it remain ss long as the vapor rises in a cloud. At your ease drink the pure liquor, which will chase away the five causes of trouble"
 An exhibition of peoples food supplies, of army comnisssry stores, llfe-ssying sp- parstus and means of transportation, are to be held in Vienna In 1894. All govern ments of Europe will participate. Swift zerland and Portugal publish the pro- grammes in an official paper. Manchester and Liverpool will make great exhibitions. Berlin, Petersburg, Rome, Paris, London, Constantinople, and Buds Pesth have formed committees to arrange suitable eI- hibits.
 The inclined elevator will be a great boon to those who dread the verticle eleva- tor with its sudden stop and start. This new elevator is nothing but a modification of the old time tread-mill reversed, but the new application of the principle amounts to a vast improvement in the art of elevat- ing persons in e safe manner. When an electric motor Is used as the power for moving the endless platform, the simple pushing of 0 button at the top and bottom of the incline will start and stop the mechanism.
 The grave of ex- President James K. Polk Is to be removed from the old Polk plsoe in Nashville, Tennessee, to the capitol grounds in that city. President Polk in his will directsd that the Polk place should always remain in the posssssion of the fam fly and that each time the property changed hands it should go to the most worthy member of the family. This provision was declared illegal by the courts two years ago, in consequence of which the es' tate was sold. To effect the removal of the ex- Presidents tomb the Tennessee legis lsture made an appropriation of Sl ,5OO.
 Another fine old tree must get out of the way of progress. The stately elm that has stood for more than a century near the corner of Wey bosses and Page streets in Providence is being cut down to clear s site for q business block. The axe was laid to the roots several days ago, and al together 1t will be fully week before the tree Is finally removed. All Providence regrets the fate of this noble elm, for Il was relic in which the entire State took pride, and 1t has frequently been described in print In RusselFs book of ''Native Trees' 1t is referred to as the handEomesi elm In Rhode Island.
 The democratic assertion that the United States tin plsts industry Is 'merely tho ghost of a British product" Is thus disposed of by the president of the St. Louis Stamp ing company: The question of the produc- ton of tin plate is only a question of ls- bor. The manufacture of American tin plate Is established and 1t will continue. If protection Is removed, wages will be re- duced. It is charged that the American tin plate industry consists only of dipping | imported black plate in imported tin in i'm ported kettles by imported Welshmsn. What are the fsctsi I can speak for my estab lishment only. The product of our mills Il made from American ores smelted ir American furnaces, rolled in American mills, dipped In twice as many American kettles of American manufacture as of for eign make, and there are not over 30 out o
 700 of the employees who are not Amerl