The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-31

 by an expert in London the other day for thirty-flye shillings. Possibly, and possibly that some genuine Ruhens will be for sale soon.
 The acquittal of the officials accused of fraud ill connection with the Bank of Rome is rather surprising. It now looks as if nobody was to blame for the reckless loans of the money of this in- ytitution to irresponsible persons and the extension of the banks circulation to S27, ,000, 900 when by it's charter it was authorized to issue no more than sl4,0O0, 900.
 Queen Victoria's statue in Madras was recently marked in a way that was supposed to indicate spirit of rebellion nn the part of the Hindoos, but it ap- pears now that the marks are such as they put on the statues Of their deities and that they were made purely in spirit of worship. The queen, indeed, seems to be highly venerated in India. Her life has been translated into nearly all of the almost innumerable dialects of India, and in Madras the natives sometimes burn incense and break CO., roanuts before her statue as they would at the shrine of a deity.
 Dr. R. J. Blachham of Sidney, Eng land, has taken up the cudgels for the uorset and has written to the English papers to defend it. He says: l have never seen digestive disturbances pro- 1uced by a comfortable corset. Our wives, mothers and daughters all wear corsets The unto late English girls hunt shoot, golf, fish. row and dance and they all wear corsets. A good firm corset supports the muscles of the back ders the carriage elegant and upright A very similar garment was in favor with the women of Athens.
 A singular outcome of the strike trOu- ble at Chicago is the discharge of g. great number of the militiamen who have been on duty by employers in the city. It is reported that over one hun dred men in one regiment alone have been discharged because Of their long and enforced absence in the service of protecting the property of these same employers, among others, and there is warm feeling exhibited over the matter among the citizens Tt large. It is pro- posed that the next legislature enact a law imposing severe penalties upon en- ployers who discharge their men be- cause of absence on service in the Ma tionat Guard.
 Baltimore is making progress with her exposition plans. It is now settled that $2, GOO, ,000 at least will be spent on buildings. With such an expenditure q really beautiful collection of structures can be erected and a delightfully."- at- tractive town be laid out on the exposi- tion grounds. The best part of the scheme for the Baltimoreans is that they think they oan couduct tho cen. tsnnial so that it will profit everybod, who may be connected with it. It is supposed that the attendance will b, large, and that the accessibility of the city will especially invite visitors. There are some 12,0O0, ,00O people within 200 miles of Baltimore and q ,O0O, 900 in the southern States, all of whom, it is be- lievcd, will feel an interest ill the cele. bration if the affair is well managed.
 According to information contained ii B series of consular and domestic re ports upon the subject just presented to the British parliament, the publica tion by a wife of literary works with out her husbands consent is considered as an adequate cause for divorce ir
 
 Portugal. In England it has been de cided that forcing wife to wear thir shoes or refusing her permission tt dance at ball amounts to legal cruelty entitling her to a judicial separation from her husband. In Germany, Fra ance and Rumania insuperable aversion is considered as a sufficient ground fo, divorce. the Gallic courts moreover permitting the sundering of the ties of matrimony when either the wife or husband has called the other "canaille before the children or has been guilty of misbehavior toward either mother-in- jaw.
 Sleep as a prolonger of life is upheld by curious calculation which appear ed in a recent medical work on the di- gestive organs and faculties. The dura- daa of human life may be ascertained