Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-01

and he replied: They are my main depen
dence for postage stampa.' After that,
said Lowell, 81 was demoralixed."
The British Medical association, the 30
oisty for the Study Of Inebriesy, and th,
Homes for Inebriatss association have ap
pealed to the clergy of all dissemination
to petition the house Of commons In fsvol
of sgislation which proposes to give power
to oompulsorily secluds habitual drunkardl
in curative institutions; curative seclusior
for poor iuebristes at public charge; . re-
moval Of existing hindranoss to the imms
diate reception of an inebriAte into . re-
treat.
A few of the California women who have
made success of agriculture are Mrs.
Emily Robeson, an olive grower, of An.
burn; Mrs.. Kate warHeld, q Glen Ellen;
Mrs. Brooks, of Palm Springs, who has q
house also in Oakland, and brings down
the earliest figs In market and sells them
at 75 cents pound. and shipped grapes to
Chicago and sold them at $1s5 ton; Mrs.
Eliza Hood, a successful wine grower;
Mrs. Barroilhst, of San Meteo, who raises
flowers on her 140 acres and sells them at
fancy prices, and Mrs. Whittsll, vino has q
large rose ranch near Los Gatos.
The people of London are very much In
terested In the whistling fireworks which
have long ceased to be regarded over here
as pyrotechnio marvel. The popular no
tion among the Britons is that gas genera
ted by the combustion of the fiery compo-
sition actually blows a whistle, but this
superstition is erroneous. So far as can be
determined by the pyroteohnists them
selves, the screaming noise is due to the
violent combustion of the picrate of potash
with which the little tubes of the fireworks
are stuffed. Experiments have been made
with other materials, but picrate of potash
is the only combustible substance discover
able that will give anything more than q
faint imitation of whistle.
In the Rochester Democrat Q judge of
the Supreme court of the State thus ex-
plains why in England vehicles turn to the
left in passing each other: The foot
traveller passed to the right that the shield
on the left arm might be interposed to
ward off a trescherous blow, and the
right, or sword arm, free to strike. Horse
men, however, usually had mail to protect
them. and there was more safety In being
near the antagonist than In having to strike
across the horse, as would have been neces-
sary had they turned to the right. When
vehicles came into use later the drivers in
stinctively followed the old horseback
custom and turned to the left. In this
country horses were scarce for several
generations after the first settlers, and the
rule of the foot passenger, Keep to the
right" was the only one that obtained.
When conveysnces became common they
still followed the more familiar custom of
the pedestrian, iRstesd of the forgotten
tradition of the mother country.
The need of Pacific cable was made
very apparent during the recsnt excitement
over the Sandwich Islands. The news of
the two most important events in the Hs-
waiisn episode passed between Washington
and Honolulu only after travelling back
ward round the globe come 81 900 miles In
order to compass direct distance Of some
9, 900 miles. The news of tie decision of
President Cleveland to attempt the restor-
alton of the Queen reached Hawaii hrst by
steamer from New Zealand, having trav-
eled by telegraph under the North ATTAIN
tic and through the whole of Europe, Aeis
and Australia to reach the port from which
the steamer sailed. Similarly, the FIRST
news that the provisional government re-
fused to accsde to the Presidents demands
reached Washington by steamer from Hon
olulu to New Zssland, and thence by tele-
graph back over the same roundabout
route. A cable 1850 miles long, from
Honolulu to San Francisco, would have
saved 81 900 miles of telegraphic and steam
ship travel and about two weeks of time
in zach iustapca