Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-05
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RDITOKIAL NOTES.
New Haven is not the only place where
"lsdies" get into the police court. An
Arizona paper says that 'lady" was fined
s15 for assault and battery in Prescott.
Count Michael Koenigsmsrk of Berlin
has written q book, in which he calls the
American woman the crown of creation,
and places her in every respect far above
the woman of any other race, physically
and mentally. Right you are, Count.
The maiden speech of the late ex-Secre-
tary Rusk as member of the legislature
was made at the close of debate on bill
that had good many friends among the
members. Mr.. Rusk arose and said: "Ar.
Speaker, this things steall" The bill
was defeated.
Before you visit Alaska you will do well
to practise pronounclng come of the names
in use there. For instance, some of the
names of villages are these: Ahgomekhe-
lansghamute, Ahgulakpsghsmute, Chok-
foktoleghsmute, Kahlukhtughamute, Ken
nachanaghamute, Kyktoltowtin, Quiecho-
gsmute, Teeuahotozna and Akgulurigig-
lax.
| A medical journal commends the inven-
tien or discovery of method of treating
certain diseases by doctor in Trinidad,
but says that unfortunately" he is de-
barred from putting 1t into practice in his
country owing to the scarcity of these par
ticular diseases there. The people of Trim
idad probably will not see where the mis-
| fortune comes in.
John Palmer, the inventor of the rail-
road check system, died few days ago in
| a little town in Michigan. He was a fid-
dler years ago, and took charge of the hats
and wraps of those who came to dancing
| parties. He gave numbered checks for
them, and some railroad men who attend
ed one of his dances appropriated the idea,
and in a little while the system wa' adopt
/ ed all over the country.
The Presbyterian church In Paris has
emerged victorious from protracted legal
conflict with the city authorities. The
French law gives Christian sects grant
from the State in proportion to their num-
bers, and, In view of the high cost of liv-
ing in the capital, an extra sum Is allowed
to ministers of religion residing In Paris
for their lodging expenses. The eprefect of
the Seine refused to honor the draft of
the Presbyterian consistory, on the ground
that their balance sheet did not prove Its
necessity. The church contended that
such q condition was never contemplated
| by the law, and after exhausting every
legal process, the city has been compelled
to pay the sum of 5000 francs a year,
together with arrears.
Wynn Aolesworth has invented and
constructed very ingenious celestial
clock" which was exhibited at the first
winter meeting of the Royal Astronomical
Society. The entire face of the clock
rotates under q wire bar representing the
equatorial horizon and is regulated to
perform one revolution in twenty three
hours fifty. six minutes four seconds, this
being the time In which the earth turns
once upon Its axis. The apparent annual
motion of sun, moon and planets in the
opposite direction is effected by movable
pins, while the north and south polar
| stars, that do not rise or set for us, re-
volve simultaneously with the rest by
separate movement. Thus may be seen
the entire heavens, with sun, moon, plan
cts and consultations in their actual places,
ever rising and setting as they rise and set
In the heavens.
The officials of the Prussian state rail-
roads have for several years been making
| use of petroleum in order to remove the
| inorustations In the boilers of locomotives
and fixed machinery. These trials have
been so satisfactory that petroleum Is now
used in every case where the incrustations
are not too hard and impermeable. Petro-
leum is used after washing the boiler and
after the compartments of the latter
are completely dried; the petroleum
is applied with the aid of brushes or in
jected by means of pump. On some oc-
casions an attempt has been made to make
use of petroleum before the water in the
boiler has been removed. In this case, the
Journal of the Society of Chemical Indus
tries says, the petroleum spreads uniform
ly over the whole surface of the water, and
when the latter Is allowed to run out slow
ly the petroleum fixes itself regularly In
the porous incrustations, which absorb 1t.
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