Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-10

wards the Utopian object of convertinI
 the Jews to Christianity. The annual re port states that twelve "converted" Jew
 were confirmed during the year, of whom
 only five were adults. It appears, there
 fore, that 1t costs about f3. .040 to convsr
 each Jew, but this is far too low an esti
 mate, inasmuch as seven ont of the twelv'
 were "infants."
 l A new rain wizard has risen in Kansas
 He claims that he can establish direct cleo
 trical communication with the clouds by 1 means of certain gases, and that he car
 produce clouds by sending the gases into { | clear sky. When this is done small cloudt begin to gather in all directions, and with.
 in short time the sky is shut ont by e
 solid mass of clouds from which rainfall if
 certain. He says that he can also send 8 captive balloon into q cloud and produce rainfall instantly. When, this method is used he charges the balloon with certain
 gases which explode when they come in contact with moisture. Until a few years ago the fishermen on
 the northern coast of California paid no attention to the vast quantities of sturgeon and hslibut there. regarding them ss worthless, and 1t is only within two or three years that the majority of places further nor:h and down tho southern coast attention whatever to the industry. Last year six million pounds of sturgeon were taken from the Columbia river and ship ped east, and altogether a hundred or so cars of this kind of fish went east from that region. In the last year or two there have been large discoveries of hali- but in Alaskan and other northern waters, and salmon are getting more plentiful in the streams of that section. Los Angeles and other southern California points have within year or 80 become great shippers of fish to the East, barrieudas and yellow tails being the chief varieties. 'Fish catching and shipping is becoming great business on the coast" said United States Fish Commissioner Wilcox in San Francis co recently, "but 1t Is really just begin ming On the Atlantic coast it was the fisheries which first made men rich. Here it is the last thing for men to turn their attention to"
 Some interesting testimony concerning surgeons fees in England was given in suit which was tried in the London High court few days ago Mr. Charles Keet ley, the senior surgeon of the West Lon don Hospital sued Professor Canister Fletcher for 5000 for attendance upon the latter's son, who was badly hurt ia tho terrible railway disaster at Burgos some time ago. Professor Fletcher paid $500 into court, declaring that to be sn ade' quate payment for the services rendered. Dr. Keetley, in his own behalf. testified that he thought $150 day was fair remuneration for his undiv- ided attention, and that he would charge no less for days work in London. He received $75 day whenever he attended court for an insurance company with which he was connected professionally. MT. Alfred Cooper, F. R. 0. S., consulting surgeon of the West London hospital, said that in his opinion MT. Keetley's charges were moderate in the extreme. For him. self he should charge 400 guineas for trip to Paris. and 30 or 40 guineas 8 day while he remained there. For going to Burgos he should charge 1000 guineas. For bringing patient home from Burgos and taking care of him during three days journey hs should charge 500 guineas. For dsvoting his whole time to g patient in London he should not consider 8 guineas an hour an excessive charge. Other sur geons gave similar testimony, and finally the jury decided that MT. Keetlsy was en- titled to $1, ,75O, 6 verdict that gave him a substantial victory.