Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-25

| languages spoken in their colonies. The
task is not small one, as there are fifty
languages spoken in their East African
possessions, twelve in those of Southwest
| Africa, twenty in the Cameroons, five o,
six in Tonga and at least fifty in the South
seas. Moreover, there are numerous dis.
| lects of these tongues.
Look out for 'em A recent story tina,
men are going about the country letting
rooms for the fair season in Chicago hotels
which do not exist is confirmed by War
rem Leland, the we'll known hotel man.
He says they are up on local information,
have plans and diagrams, and offer unus-
ually low rates. Mr.. Leland adds the
| comforting assurance that the rates at ho.
tells that do exist will not be exhorbitant.
A new law in Germany provides simple
method of guarding against poisoning
ones self or family by taking or admins
tering drugs intended only for external
use. It is that all drugs intended
for internal use must be put in round
bottles, and those which are only
used externally must be placed in
six sided cnes. But there will continue to
be cases of accidental poisoning in Ger
vent human beings from doing careless
things.
great saving In the generation Of heat
Is promised by a simple process recently
invented in Germany. The coal is first
reduced to fine powder, and is consumed
at once on its introduction into the furn-
ace by q blast of air. The combustion is
said to be perfect, making neither smoke
nor ashes. Suoh an Improvement ought to
effect great economy in manufacturing
processes, for every pound of coal saved
means corresponding cheapening of pro-
duotion. The advantage for steamships
ought to be particularly great, for the les
sened amount of coal necessary to be car
ried would mean so much additional room
for freight.
If the fish and game bill now pending in
the Texas legislature becomes law and If
the law is enforced there will soon be more
fish and game in Texas than there have
been. The bill prohibits the expectation
of game from the State at all seasons, pro-
tects antelope for three years, prohibits
the killing of harmless song birds under
any and all circumstances, makes a close
season for deer and all game birds, forbids
the use of nets or traps at all seasons, and
makes it unlawful to kill or capture water
fowl by night. The provisions for the
protection of fish are as stringent and ex-
plicit as those relating to game. The
emergency clause recites that the game of
Texas is rapidly being e1terminsted or
driven out, and If the bill goes through it
will tske effect from the date of Its pass
age.
There were II, 665 miles of street rail
roads In operation in this country at the
close of last year, comprising $3.50 miles
of electric roads, 4,400 miles of horse
roads, 64e miles cable, and 1870 miles
steam. The mileage of electric roads in
creased 1878 miles during the year, while
there was decrease of S46 in the number
of miles operated by horse power, and also
a decreaee of % miles in steam car lines
Fifty-two miles of new cable road were
built during the year. These figures show
how largely electricity is superseding other
power for street car traction on lines al
ready built, as we'll as the great actual
growth of new electric roads. The num-
ber of street cars in uss in the United
States ia stated to be 3s, 400, which is al
most 1000 in excess of the number of
passenger cars in use on the regular steam
railroads.