Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-11

This Is the last of earth; l am content Many thought he said I am compossd, ' but he did not"
 Genuine chamois skin Is one of many things seldom met with. Nearly all of the chsmois skin in this market Is made of sheep skin or goat skin from England and France. A dealer in these substitutes de- clares that single importing house could use in one year all the true ohamois skin that Switzerland produces in ten years. The genuine article fetches nearly three times the price of the substitutes.
 Since the advent of Leo XIII to the pom tiical throne he has created ninsty-two car dinsls, that number having died in the course of his pontiicate. The College of Cardinals, since the nominations at the last consistory, numbers sixty-three, of whom thirty-four are Italian and twenty nine foreigners. The foreigners are divided Seven French, five Austro- Hungarian, five German, four Spanish, two Portuguese, tive American, one English, one Irish, one Belgian and one Australian.
 Father Honchsrenko, an exiled Russian priest, who has lived in California for many years, is authority for the report that 22, 900 Russian Jews, all men of wealth, have been e1iled by the czar and are com ing to this country, large proportion of them proposing to settle on the Pacific coast. Honchsrenko says that the infor- nation comes direct from Russia and has not yet reached London or Paris. Prom inent Russian Hebrews in San Francisco, however, have received reports of the same character.
 The largest scheme of cooperation ever proposed Is probably that which Is now being considered in Englsnd and which looks to the union of all the coal interests in the United Kingdom. The plan, which has just been formulated after years con- sideration, provides that the lessees of all the British coal deposits shall combine in single union and divide up the profits of the operations between the shareholders and the workmen. The output, 1t is thought, will be about 145, 900, GOO tons and the capitalization $500, 900. One of the most unique features of the enter prise Is that which provides that the prics of coal shall be fixed by the lord chief jus tice.
 In no other country in the world Is the telephone in SO general use ss in Sweden, and !n no other Is the service SO cheap and at the same time 80 perfect. It Is under government control, and the rates are fixed by the government. A few we' KS ago new line was opened between Stockholm and Christiania by King Oscar, who took occasion to express the hope in his first message to the Norwegians that the line would tend to draw the two countries into closer union and aid in overcoming the de- sire of the Norwegian radicals to break up the existing relations. It is now proposed, by means of submarine cable, to connect the Norwegian and Swedish capitals with Copenhagen.
 The man who put his wet umbrella to bed and etood himself up in the corner to dry was absent minded. Professor Bur don-Ssnderson, the preaident of the British Association, Is also a rather absent minded person, if the tales told of him are true. On one occasion, 1t Is said, he asked few friends to dinner, and to their intense sur prise, on their arrival, proceeded to offer them their overcosts, shake hands with them and express the hops they they had enjoyed themselves. Then, seeing their astonishment, he remembered that they were arriving and not departing guests, and conducted them to the diDing-room amid great merrinent. The story may be true, but it Is a tough one.
 It is said that the government Is likely to be disappointed In its Columbian post age stamp enterprise. John Wansmaker contracted to take not less than 5000, ,0G0,- 900 of these stamps, and as many more ss the people wanted; but up to this time only 1, 400, 900, 900 of them have been called for, and it Is calculated at ths postofioe department that not over 400, ,000, 900 more, making 800. .000, 900 in all, will be called for by the end of the year. Postmaster General Bissell has affected e compromise with the contractors, reducing the number contracted for, so that the government will have on hand at the end of the year 200, ,6O0, 900 of Columbian stamps. Among the interesting societies incor- porated in Europe recently Is "Ths Soci ety for the Protection of on-Smokers, '" in Lower Austria. The members, already numerous, propose no campaign agsinst smokers, but they intend to accomplish, if possible, the str!ct enforcement of the regulations regarding the prohibition of smoking In certain railroad tram compsrt- ments, public buildings, restaurants fre- euented by men and women, street care, concert halls and other places of public amusement. They wish to prevent smok- ing, If possible, in sll public places. Cir l culars gre to be sent to restaurant keepers | asking that rooms be get apart for non | smokers. Branches of the society are to be established in Vienna, Prague, BIuenn and Greg. Influential names are on the roll of membership.