The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-08

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 Portugal has lost the most famous of her modern poets-Joao de Deus. In 1862 he for a short time became editor of newspaper at Beja. but returned later to his native town, in the Al grave province, where he became candidate for parliament and was elect ed to the chamber of deputies.
 General Bourbaki, of France, is now nearly eighty years of age and in pre- carious health. He was born at Pau the year following the battle of Water loo. Bouroaki, while retreating before Manteuffel's army toward Switzer- land, tried to blow out his brains, and for weeks hovered between life and death.
 Herr Tuxen, the Danish court painter, lldS IGCGlNeu COiiillll0S40il iiSiii lAAC emperor of Russia for a picture of his marriage, which is to be sixteen feet long and thirteen feet high. The per- sonages depicted with give special sit tings to the artist, who is to work at the picture at St. Petersburg some time and afterward at Copenhagen.
 The Hate unpleasantness was nota- bly recalled in the House yesterday by the belligerent, defiant secession echoes in remarks made by MT. Talbert of the Palmetto State; and the "uproar in the House. which ensued showed plainly that no justification of secession is to be tolerated at the national capital without severe rebuke at least.
 There is a project to generate power at Kern county, California, by the agency of waterfalls, for transmission to Los Angeles, lS0 miles distant. The pow CT is to be used to light the city and run the electric street cars. Many similar projects are under way for utilizing the water power of the mountains in the State, that hitherto has run to waste because so far removed from business centers or inconveniently situated for use by direct application on the spot. Several such schemes have been worked out, and they have proved highly suc- cessful.
 There were In all 12,95S failures in this country in the past year. In 1894 the number was 12,724; in 1893, 15,50S; in 1884, 1891 than they were in 1895, and the percentage of assets was larger in 1895 than in 1891. It may be worth noting also that while only 10,673 failures were recorded in 1890, the liabilities were less in 1895 than in that year, and that here also the ratio of assets to liabilities was in favor of 1895. The number of con cerns in business in 1895 was 1,O53, ,6333. It was ], ,051, ,564 in 1892
 Cecil Rhodes once owed his life to Dr. Janieson's careful treatment and nursing during a dangerous illness at Kimberley. The two men have lived on the terms of closest intimacy for twen- ty years. It was through Dr. Jamieson that Rhodes secured his first import ant concession from King Lobengula for the operations of the infant charter ed company. When Lobengula decided to drive the English, who were just be- ginning to get a foothold, out of his do- minions, Dr. Jamieson made his way alcne and unarrned. to the dusky king, who happened to be i'll when he arrived. Dr. Jamieson cured him, and secured the concession for Rhodes as his reward.
 Dunraven has not apoligized, but the fair and manly spirit of old England is not dead. The London athletes who CkTiLC ilCIC ctilsi 35OL l1idOS d B td le- ment the other day in which they cheer fully acknowledged the superiority of our men, and at the same time bore tes- timony to the fairness that marked all the arrangements of the New York con- mittee Now we have the honorary sec retary of the Sporting league writing a letter to the sportsmen of the United States, in which he, says: "You have won our Derby and we shall be glad to see you do it again. Be content to take.it out of us, if you can, with your horses or athletes in friendly strife and to always find a warm welcome here, as we have never failed, and please God, shall never fail, to find with you.'' The New York Evening Sun well says: "Although it is absurd to imag- inc international disputes shall ever be settled by athletic teams, yet it is in teresting to find this prompt repudiation of the Dunraven attitude"
 The German scientists continue their successes. Another discovery Of color photography is announced in Berlin