Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-08

whenever he leaves for journey he turnI
 his wives out of doors because they ''hav,
 no more sense than to let the houss tak, fre snd burn down in his absence" Qua
 nal is forty-two, very rich and inclined tc
 adopt the ways of civilization to the ex'
 tent of wearing Its clothes. driving team
 of fast horses and serving on his table ths
 best that the market sfords.
 English inventors, like those of the United States, have reason to complain oi the slownees of the government. At the close of 1s99 the surplus paid by patentess
 for the right to use their inventions amounted to the enormous sum of e, ,Sl1,- | 507. Yet, notwithstanding this, new books have not been purchased since 1890, and those who paid over seven million pounds
 for protection are deprived of opportunity of consulting the latest works pertaining to science and mechanics. This niggsrdly policy of the English government is prop erly referred to in London Engineering, which states that inventors whose sppli- | cations for foreign patents are refused are unable to find in the British library the l late works which can be oonsulted in for eign libraries.
 Enterprising men have way of growing land along the msrshy shores of Delaware Bay. The plan is to cut the dikes and let the tide rise and fall for e course of years over considerable area including some upland. It Is found after 6 while that the dikes may bs removed considerably out toward the low tide line, and fiat many acres of arabic land have been gained at small cost. Marsh companies usually exist for the purpose of cooperation in such work, and there are many qusrrels over the land of men that refuse to i1in the com psny in making temporary sacrifice of upland for the purpose of retaining sub merged marsh. The land thus reclaimed is extremely fertile, but it usually yields q crop of mslariaI levers when first brought under cultivation.
 Some of the facts recently brought to light on the philosophy of bathing are ss interesting as they are important. and special mention may be made of the in- ves,igstions in this line by N. Werthsimer of Paris, and now communicated by him to the public. He shows that a sensation of cold on the ekin acts on the circulation of the lower part of the trunk, that is to say, on the veins, and also on the brain, in the same way as a mechanical or cleo triesl stimulus of the sensitive nerves of the skin. This observation, it is declared, affords an explanation of the fact that a sudden immersion of the body in cold water sf'er e meal, and while the process of digestion Is going on, may be attended with danger; at such a time the abdominal system is the seat of intente physiological congestion, and the accumulation of blood in 1t Is suddenly thrown back toward the nervous centres, and the consequences may be disorder resulting in death.
 Glowing accounts are given of the destructive capabilities of the new Salvador mi.rsilleuse which has been adopted by the Austrian military suthori- ties. The weapon is not intended for use in the field, as In the case of the English Maxim and Nordenfelt machine gun, but will bs mounted on the outworks encir- cling important fortresses. It is only half the weight of the Maxim, and Its average rate of discharge is about the same-300 rounds per minute, with @ maximum of 320. The diameter of the bore Is eight millimstres, being similar to that of the Mannlicher repeating rife now in use In the Austrian service. The barrel is not encased in @ water jacket, but 1t Is said that 200 continuous rounds can be fired before 1t shows the effect of excessive heat. The cartridges are supplied, as in the Nordenfelt, from 6 lsrgs Chopper" fixed above the firing chamber. The piece is fired by means of an or dinary trigger with trigser-grip, and recoil spring supplies the automatic action. But the principal point of interest, iD which the new gun differs entirely from similar weapons in use in other countries, Is an oscillsting pendulum regulating the speed of fire. By this device moderately heavy dieoharge of 80, 50, to 100 rounds per minute can be maintained to 300 and increased at will. The saving of ammuni- ton is enormous. and the mechanism Is said to be very simple.