Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-07

hSAlubt loot olnuluS: -Cnlna woman
pinch foot. You say China woman vslly
bad. Melicsn wop4an not pinch foot. keJ
lean woman pinch here" laying her haJ lc
on her waist. Life here; life not In 70 OF
Melicsn women vslly much more bad tnsu
China woman" What could the misf ION.
sry sayf
Well, well. A Philadelphia cs bile Ca,
conductor Is in hospital suffering from q
rare diseas known as cellular opes taoitis,
or "bell arm" The Record says ! ie Is q
conductor on the forward car Of t. ain of
three. and the habitusl custom of list snine
for the sharp ''ting- ting" of the bell ou the
rear car, followed by the mechanical move
ment of the arm toward his own bell-strap,
has developed his strange ailment. This
muscular movement has become a second
nature to him, and his arm actually acts
extent has this involuntary action gone
that whenever he hears q bell of any kind
his arm at once shoots upward toward an
imaginary bell cord. The physicians at
the hospital were greatly puzzled to &C
count for this at first, but the case has
finally been diagnosed as one OF cellular
opestacitis.
An unusual method of making wheels
for cars has recently been brought before
railroad men. Wherever it Is desired to
have reliable wheels steel tires are almost
universally used, with paper, wrought or
cast iron centers. Cast iron centers are
the cheapest form of any as regards cost,
but 1t is rather difhcult TO form a good
connection betwes n the tire and the center.
In the new method of manufacture a stock
of tires is made up complete. The molds
for the center of the wheel are then cut up,
leaving q space for placing the tire In Il ,e
mold so as to form part of 1t. The mold
is next opened and the tire, heated to a
red heat, is placed in position. The mold
is then closed and the molten metal for
the center Immediately poured in. The
union, forming solid wheel which has the
advantage of durable steel rim and
cheap body.
The contract that was let few days ago
mont, for the manufacture of United
States postal cards for the next four years
was q large one. 1t calls for IL 600 tons,
or 600, ,000, 900 postsl-cards. The cards
will be manufactured in two sizes, 3. Q by
So inches. and the double postal-card, So
by inches. The paper used for the cards
is made into long sheets of given width,
which are run on reels. From these reels
the paper is run through machinery which
prints, cuts, packs. and bands the cards.
and drops them out ready for delivery TO
the post Office authorities to be sold to the
people. Government officers are detailed
to look after the cards at the mill and see
that they are shipped TO their proper dee
tinstion. The machinery counts auto
nstically every card, and the govsrnm ant
officers and contractors are bound by this
count and must render account according
ly. With the delivery of the cards to the
post-ofice officials at the mills the reapon-
sibility of the contractor ends.
Bulletin number 81 of the department of
agriculture has some very pleasant things
to say about hawks and owls. The assist
ant ornithologist, DR.. A. K. Fisher, has
presented a special report on these birds,
and he says that only six of tlae seventy
three species and sub species of hawks and
owls of the United States are injurious
Three of those six are extremely rare. and
another, the fish-hawk, is only indirectly
injurious, leaving two, the sharp-shinned
and cooper's hawks, to be reckoned with.
The report continues: Omitting the six
species. 2,212 stomachs were examined, of
which So per cent contained mice and
other email mammals, 81 per cent. insects,
and only 81 per cent. poultry or game
birds. Ia view of these facts the folly of
offering bounties for the destruction OF
hawks and owls, as has been done by sev-
eral states, becomes apparent, aud the i'm
portance of an accurate knowledge of the
economic status of our common birds and
mammals is overwhelmingly demonstrated.