The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-10

months completely imbedded in plaster of paris poured on as liquid and then allowed to harden.
 The Royal Scottish Arboricultural so- ciety has appealed to the Minister of Agriculture for a sum of $200,000 and an annual grant of $2,500 foc the purpose of establishing near Edinburgh state forest, to serve as model for landed proprietors and as station for experi- ment and research.
 The largest kitchen in the world is said to be in that great Parisian store, the Bon Marche, which has 4,000 en- ployes. The smallest kettle contains 100 quarts and the largest 800. Each of the fifty roasting pans is big enough for 800 outlets. Each dish for baking potatoes holds 225 pounds. When ome- lets are on the bill of fare, 7.So0 eggs are used at once. For cooking alone sixty cooks and 100 assistants are al- ways at the ranges.
 The University of Bordeaux, France, has just received as a student of let ters in the section of philosophy, and number one, a blind youth, whose father is a Bordeaux lawyer. This young man, who is possessed of rare intelligence, has been helped in his studies by his mother, who has studied with him, read with him and written for him, so that he writes fiuently. His mother, in her devotion, has learn ed Greek, Latin and German for his sake, and read and reread many times for him Plato. Aristotle, Pascal, Des- cartes, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and other philosophers.
 Booker T. Washington's most strik- ing utterance concerning his own race is said to be the following: "Our race is in too big a hurry. The preachers want the title of D. D. before they know divinity. Almost every graduate in the English course must be ad- dressed as professor We want biography before we have lived. Some want to take Latin and Greek who do not know the personal pronoun in English. Some want postoffices who do not know how many stamped envel- opes to give for Il cents. Go to the farm stick to the farm. We do not want to govern the country un- til we learn to govern the home"
 A Washington paper notes the fact that on July 20 a Virginia postoffice was named "Hobson," which indicated a proper regard for heroism. Pope County, Arkansas, on July 22 secured a new postoff1ce, which it called "Sigs- bee,'' showing that it remembered the Maine and her commander. North Carolina came along on July 23 with postoffice in Randolph County, which it called Dewey" and on July 26 with a Sampson" postoffice, and on the 18th Florida named postoffice for Dewey and Kentucky secured one named Ma nila'' Just what idea controlled the people of Woodruff County, Arkansas in asking to have an office named Fakes does not appear.
 The Then fever'' is less prevalent than it has been, but there are still very serious cases of it. One of the most complete poultry farms is on the George Vanderbilt estate, Biltmore, in North Carolina. There is a main building of brick divided into office, in- cubator room, feed room, egg room and two other rooms. The incubator room has a capacity for 4.SO0 eggs. There are twenty-eight double houses for the fowls, with large runs, fenced in with wire. Ducks and geese are provided for with four large buildings, meadow runs and pond On beautiful little hill is a house where live the poultry men. This dwelling has all the mod ern conveniences. In connection with this regular plant fowls are also kept in eight different places on the estate, where they are allowed free range.
 A system of portable or field electric railroad has been brought out in Ger many with complete success. AS de- scribed by correspondent of the Bos- ton Transcript the track consists of easily transported rail frames, made of two rails of the usual field railroad pro- file, and connected together by, say, five crossbars; the middle crossbar ex- tends a few inches beyond the rails on either side, and to it's ends is bolted an iron yoke, or frame, in shape an in- yerted U. the top of which is high enough to be well clear of the cars. The overhead conductor is supported at