Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-17

DenSOu uunteO up uls 1oEUer pfef erv6r, spent few hours pleasantly with him, and left him $100 as 8 souvenir of his visit.
 Two extraordinary bills have been in-
 troduced in the Ohio legislature. The
 first bill provides for the abolishment of
 hanging as e penalty in cases of capital
 punishment, and substitutes the use of
 an esthetics and vivisection. The mur-
 derer is to be turned over to the doctors,
 who are to'deprive him of consciousness
 by the use of ap a sthetics and then ex-
 pertinent with him to their hearts, con-
 tent. The other bill is eimilsr to the first,
 but lees radical, and gives the murderer the choice between death by electricity and death by ar e sthetics and vivisection.
 Says the Philadelphia Record: The or dinary Oolong tea, costing 60 or 70 cents pound, has capacity of about no half pint cups to the pound, while the same amount of Ceylon, stlver-tipped tea. cost ing $S2, will supply over 1,5OO half-pint cups, and in addition the beverage Is vastly superior to that of common brands. The intrinsic value of imported teas rarely exceeds that figure, but in certain in stances, where the tea market has been cornered, ss high as $175 for pound has been paid in London. Society people have lately declared in favor of the expensive teas and the dainty o'clock teas are no longer the economical social events of yore.
 A southern man says that the Rev. MT. Jasper, of Richmond, who believes that "the sun do move," is the author of sn original and unique explanation of the story of Jonah and the whale. It is as followe: "Dat country war sea shosh, an de hotels dey was named aftah de tings ob de sea. Dah was de Sailors Rest, de Mar iners' Ret, eat. de Seafsring Mans Home an lot ob sich places, jest ss yo' kin fin 'em at Norfolk now. Among desc places was one called de Whales Belly. Jonah come along, an he didn' hab no scrip in his purse. He stayed dar tree dave, an when de lsndlady found he didn' hab any money she spewed him out. It is gib to us to show how when we don't treat man right kase he's pore we may be kiokin' an angel unawsrt!"
 The constantly increasing use of steel as a building material is cited by the Pall Mall Gaz5tte as an evidence that radical changes in architecture are approaching. The Eiffel tower and the Ferris wheel are conspicuous examples of the utility of metal for structural purposes, and of equal importance in showing the prevailing tendency are railroad stations, exhibition buildings, and other structures of steel, concrete, paper and glass. It is predicted that in the next century houses will be built not only with steel girders, but of metal frames and walls bolted together, with such finishing and ornamental devices as inventive genius may supply. This forecast seems to have some justification in the fact that wood will naturally become sca1csr in coming years, and in the grow ing plentifulness and chespness of steel.
 The patronage of the Midwinter fair at San FrstcIsco for the first ten Gays after it was opened, beginning January 27, was very gratifying to it's promoters, the at tendance being 15s,S73, as compared with the total of PIT, 13S for the Worlds fair at Chicago during similar period. Carrying the comparison further, San Franciscans flatter themselves that their exhibition cannot but be a success. The construction expenses for the main buildings and grounds at Chicago were SIS, ,322 ,622, and the outlay at San Francisco was less than $500, LOCO. The attendance at Chicago in creased steadily every month, rising from 1,521 ,9S1 in May to 7,945, ,430 in October. Why should not the gain at San Francisco be ip proportion, it Is argued. The aver age attendance at Chicago for the nine days following the opening was 15 .509. The average for the last month was 264,- S41. The average in San Francisco for the nine days following the opening was 9,62S, from which the conclusion Is drawn that 164. AT people should visit the Midwinter fair every day during the closing month. The remoteness of San Francisco from the populous part of the country makes these figures appear rather fanciful.