The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-18

of Chicago against the Lodge immigra- tion bill contained one point well worth attention: Tt requires much care and several hundred dollars to raise wo- man or man, and the very landing of a healthy adult person of good repute is a great gain to the United States"
 The commissioners of Sumner coun- ty, Kansas, have rescinded the order for a three-cent bounty on rabbit scalps, as 1t was believed that the animals were being imported from adjoining counties From November until about January l bounty was paid on 1s7,0o0 scalps, it is said. Rabbits are still reported to be plentiful in the county, however.
 A Russian physician examined num- Der of students with regard to their health as affected by smoking Of the smokers 1909 per cent. were found to have some affection of the respiratory tract, while only 1869 of the non-smok- CTS were thus affected. In respect to diseases of the alimentary tract, the figures were respectively 11.SS and 9.92 per cent: and of both tracts combined, SIT and 322 per cent.
 " ytt ;r. The contract has been awarded to the King Bridge company of Cleveland for the construction of drawbridge across the channel at Chicago, which will be the largest movable bridge in the world. It will have length of 40 feet a width of 116 feet and a weight of $500 tons. It will be crossed by eight railroad tracks and the operating power of the draw will be electricity.
 The Portchester (New York) Dispatch shows how a man might have had trou- ble had he not had rabbits foot in his pocket. It says that Sam Morgan. who was struck by a locomotive yester- day, would have had a narrow escape from death but for his rabbits foot. He was thrown into snowdrift thirty feet away, and~his neck would have been broken if it hadn't been for the snow. As it it was, one arm and a leg E were broken and he was almost~srnoth- cred before brakeman pulled him out of the snow. In his vest pocket was the rabbits foot, crushed into bits. Nor. gan begged the nurse to let him have the pieces, which he has placed under his pillow. The doctors say he may re. cover.''
 As ninety per cent. of the Fornosa tea crop is consumed in the United States it is cheering to know that For. nosa tea is going to be better than il has been. When Formosa was govern. ed by the Chinese, 1t is claimed, a box of tea was never sent out without add. ing to it a pound or two of dust or dirt before 1t was sent to be weighed. The Chinese of Formosa also imported in. ferior teas and mixing them with theil own shipped the product to this coun. try as pure Formosa. The Japanese government has put stop to both these practices. A committee of three for eign tea merchants and four Chinese merchants has been appointed to dea with all questions concerning the adul teration of tea. The packers of sou rious or dirty tea will be dealt witt sunmarily.
 Steps are being taken at the Nation al museum in Washington to carry ou an idea long contemplated of develop ing a hall of American history. Pro lessor Goode had long cherished tn idea, and Professor Holmes, who Is i, charge of the department of anthro pology, is equally enthusiastic. It i the purpose to have the institution al nearly national in its character as DOS sible, and every effort will be made t. have as many things in it relating t. early American history, that of tn United States in particular, as can b obtained. The objects and relics vii be presented chronologically, beginnin with the period when Jeff Ericsson. ii his Viking ship, visited America. The, will follow in order, Columbus, the Pil grims, Captain John Smiths party, tn Dutch and other settlers, after whic will come relics of the Revolutionar
 war, the war of 1872 and the War 0 the Rebellion. There will also be ex
 hibits of the growth in facilities of nav
 igation and of railroading, and of tn
 remarkable advance in the use of cleo
 tricity.
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