The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-19

other day, Invented m "elixlr of life Q few years ago.
 The new French President can have what money will buy. He Is worth at least sl5, ,0O0,O ,OOU.
 Associate Justice Edward D. White, of the United States supreme bench, has not been married as announced, but only had tumble from his horse.
 II wouldn't he surprising to see another outbreak ill Chicago. The TowarZystwo Nayswetszy Penny Mary ioid Niepokolanezi Pomercy Nr J w, of Chicago, has just been incorporated.
 Professor Guidde's book, "Ca!igula, which is supposed to refer to Emperor William, has had wonderful sale in Germany. Over 15O,OOO copies have been sold already and three printing establishments are kept busy supplying the demand. The work is now in its twenty-fourth edition.
 Compressed air appears to work well on the Westfield (Massachusetts) street railroad. On recent day three cars made each fourteen trips, or fifty-six miles, and carried during the day 1,S0O people. The cars are easily controlled, and ill descending grade there is little or no consumption of air. They can be run at rate of speed equallng twenty-five miles an hour, and are ca pablo of sufficient storage capacity to run two round trips (eight miles) with out recharging.
 The managers of New York theaters are disturbed by law passed by the last legislature of that state, forbidding persons to stand in the aisles or pas sageways of theater. One of the theater managers was lately brought into court for having allowed person to stand in the circle back of the or chcstra seats, and the defence was that this space was not passageway in the meaning of the law, but the court has decided otherwise. The fine was made nominal in consideration of the fact that this was the first case under the new law, and the manager will appeal to higher court. If the judgment is correct, it puts an end to the sale of ad- mission tickets to all the theaters in the city, and in the future no person not willing to pay for a seat can secure en- trance to the orchestra floor of theatre fin New York.
 William MatthewsOn, aged seventy five, of Wichita, Kansas, claims to be the real Buffalo Bill, that title having been given to him in 1860. When asked how William F. Cody came to get the title, he replied: ''Well, you see, Cody worked for me when he was young fellow-he is only about forty five now. ] reckon he had begun to read Indian
 
 made by that kind of reputation, and he was always fond of talk and show. l never was any hand to wear my hail long, and go swaggering about the country blowing about what had done I've had my hair get pretty long a, times, but was always glad to get it cut when l could get back to a place where l could. Cody knows he has no req right to the name, but if he wants tC show off as dime novel hero, I have nc objection. I reckon seeing so many O. those Indian lies has sort of disgrstet me with talking about my adventures though I've had about as many ant thrilling escapes as any of lem can tell.
 According to the Madrid papers grea alarm prevails in Jerez, where phyllox era has appeared in several places il the famous wine-growing district, whcl annually produces 25O, ,OOO hectolitres O.
 
 It is supposed that the phylloxera wa introduced from the infected district of the provinces of Granada and Mala ga, where it has caused great havoc. l seems the pest was first noticed in Sep telnber, 1S93 at Villamartin and Padre del Rey, jul the province of Cadiz. Nc effective precautions were taken though the wine-growers were warn e of the approach of the danger which re yealed itself with the earliest shoots ant leaves in the spring. The Jerez paper raised note of alarm as far back a June 5. The authorities recently or dered an official engineer to inspect . suspected vineyard near Jerez, wher, he found many diseased vines. He say that he believes it will be extremel, difficult to avert the destruction of thu Jsres vineyards, where 4o,ooo,Ooo o s~-a-s