Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-03
was 545, 900. The receipts of the Patent office aref $1 200, 900 8 year, and the ex. penses $150. .000 lees. New York stands first in the number of patents applied for.

was 04O, ,UUU. The receipts Of the Patent office aref q 200, 900 year, and the e1. penses $150. .000 lees. New York stands first in the number of patents applied for. There are sixteen States in which medical diploma of itself Is no license to spractice and in which an extra and inds- pendent State examination is demanded before the applicant can be qualified. These States are Alabams, Arkansas, Flor ida. Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Da- kota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and portions of Indian Territory.
 A rich foreigner settled in Marseilles and built a very costly villa. Two years ago he made elaborate preparations for dying by his own hand whenever he de- cided that the moment had come. He built vault, which could be dramatically sealed, in corner of his garden, fur nished with a reclining chair, two large candelabra and two pans filled with char coal ready to light He entered the vault frequently. but not until week ego did he close the door and light the charcoal. He was found dead in the chair.
 The City of Mexico Is built oa the bed of an ancient lake and Is surrounded by existing shallow bodies of water on level only few feet lower. Because of this situation the city has for more than 400 years been visited by frequent and dlsas- trous inundations and an effective sewage system was impossible. In 1887 the Aexi- can government began the work of cutting q tunnel and canal to the great canon of Tequisquiac, thirty seven miles away, to provide the necessary drainage. This week the tunnel, which is seven miles long, has been completed. The whole work when finished, though 1t will cost nearly $10,- COG, ,000, will certainly be worth many times that sum to ths Mexlcans.
 Judge Bradley in his opinion ta the Ged- dis case said that congress never intended to restrict the right of removals from office for political reasons in the civil service laws. Since Andrew Jackson's time all heads of executive departments had exer- cised the right to remove such clerks ss they chose because of their politics, and that right still existed, unless congress has removed it by legislation. The whole effect of the civil service law, Judge Brad ley thinks, Is to make it much more diff cult to get into office, while 1t is as easy as ever to get out. His argument is that be- yond this difficulty of getting in, the civil service law is for the most part an abort i've one. The counsel for Geddis have ap- pealed to the Supreme court of the United States.
 It is announced that the excavations at Nippur, in Assyria, which have been in progress throughout the entire past year, have unearthed the great Temple of Bel from its top to its foundation. The an- cient temple is about one hundred and forty feet in height, and Is now almost completely uncovered. All It's annexes and shrines will soon be thoroughly ex- plored. Already many inscribed stones, cuneiform tablets and other objects illus trative of the temple service and life of Babylonian people 4,0OO years before the Christian era have been uncovered. Dis c,veries of permanent value to archaeo- logical science will, it is expected, be made apon this oldest of Semitic sites during the coming year.
 Law Is law. Mr. Scott Hall, who sued the Earl of Abingdon, alleging fraud in the sale of Cumnor Plees, was beaten in the court. It appears that the earl was saved from repayment of the money d posited to bind the contract, e2l1, by technicality. There was no written contract to convey to MT. Hall the place where Amy Robsart died. The statement that the unfortunate woman did die at Cumnor Place was con- tained in the advertisement which at tracted MT. Halls attention. It was as follows: Cumnor Place, where Amy Rob- sart died, four miles from the city of Ox- ford. Sale of freehold, dwslling-house, with gardens and paddocks of park-lfke land, extending to 6. 3r. D., known ss Cumnor Place, deriving it's name from the very historical abbey oncs standing in Gunner park, of which the present prop, erty forms portion, and oncs owned by Anthony Forster, and referred to in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Ksnilworth" as the place where Amy Robsart died.