Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-06

mand in electrical service. These mines
 are, at present, being worked to their full
 est capacity, with orders and contracts two
 years ahead of delivery.
 The strong facial resemblance which
 married couples often acquire after living
 togethe. long period of years, hsrmoni-
 ous In thought and feeling and subject to
 the same conditions of life, has often been
 commented upon. The Photographic soci-
 ety of Geneva recently took the pictures
 of seventy-eigh couples for an investigs-
 tion of this subject. The result was that in twenty four the resemblance of the per sonsl appearance of the husband and wife
 was greater than that of brother and sis ter; in thirty cases 1t WAS equally great, and in only two was there total absence of resemblance.
 In one of the oldest ruins In the State of Oaxsca, Mexico, @ number of very rare and interesting images, found in metal, have been uncovered. The images repre- sent people of oriental appearance and dress, as well ss priests in their robes of sacrifice. They bear hieroglyi hics of un- known characters and are elaborately wrought, with fine art lines shown in every curve. The images found thus far are of gold, either wholly or in part, and are coated with some unknown enamel, which has preserved them from all harm in the many years they have been buried in the soil.
 A triumph in engineering Is reported from the mountains of Peru, where twin screw steamer of $40 tons, TO feet long and thirty feet wide has been successfully launched on Lake Titacsca, the highest nsviQaSle waters in the world, more than 13 900 feet above the sea. This steamer, which belongs to the Peruvian government. and is to be used for freight and passenger traffic, was built in the Clyde, then taken apart in more than thousand pieces and shipped to Mollendo by sea. It was then carried to Puno by railroad and trans ported over the mountains on the backs of llsmas and mules and put together by Scotch engineer.
 The Yonng Mems Christian association, which is now celebrating in London the fftieth anniversary of its establishment, has witnessed remarkable growth from its start. The entire body now includes f. ,614 associations and 4s7, 7,515 members. In the United States there are ], ,439 ssso- clations. with 232, ,653 members, 63l libra ries containing 476. .572 books, and owning property valued at $l5. 211 ,699. It will be seen that, although the association was started in London, 1t fluids larger mem bership in the United States than in sll the rest of the c:vilizsd world. It has been surpassed In membership, however, by the Christian Endeavorers, who in 1881, had only 6s members, but when 1t met in Montreal last July, to hold It's annual con- venticn, 1t claimed 20, 500 societies and 1 800. 900 members.
 A little while SEQ all the naval critics In England were writing to the newspapers to prove how much better naval matters were managed in France, and now N. Georges Cochery, one of the French dele gates appointed recently to investigate Euglish naval establishments, is returning the compliment by declaring that France has almost everything to learn from the British system of administration. h 8 report which he has published he expresses much admiration of the manner in which British wsrships are built and the rspidity of the work which will produce 15 ,000- ton cruiser in three years, whereas the French require five years to build one of 0,000. He says that the number of work men in the Engllsh arsensls Is smaller 19 200, ss against 21, 900 in the French yet the former produce con- more. A great advantage on the Euglish side is the perfect administration, which accomplishes work without the in- reference of numerous officials. The book keeping Is extremely simple, and en- sbles the officials to render an account each week of the exact expense incurred for each vessel under construction. The English method of organization and the general service are more practical than In France