Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-21

There is evidently something wrong
 with Boston's buildings or Boston's fire
 department.
 It often costs something to keep what
 belongs to you. Edison has spent 6 mil
 lion dollars in defending his patents.
 There is some excitement In Boston be-
 cause wealthy widow is about to marry
 her coachman, but nobody seems to be
 sorry for the coachman.
 In Germany two hundred thousand fam
 files are supported from the care of the
 forests, upon which $40. GOO, ,000 is expend-
 ed annually, three million people more
 finding employment in the various wood
 industries of the empire. But the forest
 account shows an annual profit of between
 s5. 0e0, ,0O0 and SC. 900. 900.
 Teachers sometimes ask questions that
 can't be answered, and sometimes they ask
 those that can be. A pretty young school
 ma'am in Klamath county, Oregon, puzzled
 the powers of pronunciation of her class
 recently with the word shusband," i" chalked on the blackboard. To help them out she asked: "What should I have If I should get msrriedf Babies, man," shouted the class in unison.
 A New York genius has invented 6 ma chine for the eelf-prcpulsion of ships. It consists of long strong platforms, rigged out on either side of vessel, that rice and fall with the roll of the waves and operate propeller. The motion of these plat forms in strong sea would be similar to that of the pump handles of the old-fash- toned fire engines when the "boys" were "shsking her up lively" The inventor thinks that the tendency of these out rigVers would be to steady the vessel ss we'll ss to force it forward. They would operate in "desd" calm nearly as we'll as in a storm, for the ocean is never at rest.
 The practice of defscing natural scenery with big advertisements is not SO prevalent in the United States as 1t was generation ago, and public sentiment is steadily grow ing stronger against it. This practice has recently developed in England to such an extent that lovers of nature recognize that some definite action must be taken. The Thames valley, the most picturesque noun. tain spots in Wales and the loveliest cor ners of Devonshire have been greatly in- jured by huge advertisements. The well known architect, Mir. Warehouse, has pro- posed that if they cannot actually be pro- hibited they should at least be diminished by the imposition of heavy license tax.
 Insurance Commissioner Merrill of Mas has issued a report covering the operations of the surviving endow- ment companies in the State for the calen- dar year 1892. Only 10 of these were re- m aiming on December 31, out of total of 56 Now there are only nine. Forty of these companies went to smash during the year, leaving in their train serious losses and distress to thousands of people. As none of the nine survivors has yet reached the maturing period of its certii- cstes, the reason why they have stood as long as they have is apparent. It appears from the commissioners returns that to meet an ultimate liability of $7,s76. 300, the surviving companies have now on hand $221 .905, or $24 to meet each $787 of promises. The further remarkable fact appears that the officers of the companies have collected some s'5,000 more from members for expenses than the endo fund now on hand amounts to
 Joseph Smith, editor of the Lowell Arena, is @ North of Ireland man and a Protestant, but he has nevertheless felt moved to make the following mild re- marks: The Orangeman is a roaring, rant ing, noisy blatherskite; with just enough Scotch in him to be devoid of humor, just enough Irish in him to bs pugnacious; just enough religion in him to be bigot; and just enough reverence in him to bow down to lord end insult God Almighty. He Is case of perverted intelligence; an illustration of what misdirected skill In the hands of generations of kuaves can produce by covering ignorance with a re- ligious coat of paint. The Orangemsn Is 8 rsra avis; sn Irishmsn who hates Ireland; 8 slave who loves his chains and stripes, a Christian who despises the teaching of Christ; patriot who clamors for bad laws for his country, and who glories in the of his fellow-countrymen and the humiliation of his mother land.