Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-18

recommending that reading book con- eisting of selections from the Scriptures, in use in the schools of Toronto, with the approval of both Gatholics and Protes- tants, be introduced At once in the public schools of Chicago. The petition is signed by both Protsstants and Catholics.
 A. G. Frye of Chicago, assistant county treasurer, was taken to the pest house suf- fering from smallpox few days ago, and he said before he left his home for the hos pital that he had caught the disease from the unolean paper money he is compelled to handle daily. He had frequently com plalned to his chief of the oondi- ton of some of the greenbacks which were passed in through the receiving teller's window and expressed fear that the money would spread smallpox. The soiled money, he said, was received from Poles, Bohemians and Italians who lived in the infected districts.
 In Chicago. just think of 1t, the olty fa- thers, A to IS, have passed an ordinance which provides that no person, firm, com pany or corporation shall keep open for Lbaeiaess withia-the city of Chicago any store or place for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale any clothes, dry goods, hats, caps, furnishing goods, jswelry, boots, shoes, hardware, furniture, meats or groceries, or any one or more of said sr- ticles, on the first day of the week, com monly called Sunday. Meat markets, gro ceries and barber shops, however, may be kept open until 10 o'clock Sunday morn ings.
 The Chicago postmaster in sending out 5000 letters to private citizens in all parts of the city requesting immediate replies for the purpose of ascertainipg just how good and how bad the present mail facili ties are. There are in the city fifty seven postoffices without free delivery and thir- teen delivery stations. A week ego 500 letters were sent out for one test. One was sent through each of the postoffices without free delivery and nine were sent through each delivery station. Niuety-fve per cent. of the replies have been re- csiEed and the showing was bad for the present system of sending all Chicago mail through the main office.
 If appears from the petition sent to con- gress asking for an increase of the penalty imposed under the copyright law for play stealing, that there are about {, ,000 theaters in this country, giving employment to 4o,- coo persons, exclusive of actors. Nearly 300 plays, in manuscript, written or owned by citizens of this country, have lately been giving employment to from 4. 900 to 5000 actors. The cost of producing these plays ranged from S2. 900 to s25. 900. The play wrights, managers and actors ask that any violator of the law protecting copy right plays shall be sdiudged guilty of miedemeanor and bs liable to imprtson- meut for one year, in addition to the fine now imposed, and that sn injunction granted in any circuit court of the United States shall be operative everywhere.
 The plea was made oa behalf of the Cor nell students who recently played a trick through which a woman lost her life, that they "hsd not any malicious intent" A similar plea has been unsucee 'sfully made in case in England. On last May Day two young fellows who were engaged in the old English custom of "ducking" threw some water on 8 horse attached to gig in which Dr. Twining was riding, near the town of Salcombe. The horse boltsd, the gig was upset, the doctors leg was frsc tured, and he died from the shock few days afterwsrd. Though it was shown that the offenders had acted playfully, without malicious intent, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter in the case, and they were condemned to 8 long term of imprisonment.