The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-07

JOIu 1dSctI, Ol DdIG etlI lS, hliIllG- sota, is running for office on the Pro- hibition ticket.
 course in southern history, as it re- lates to the South before the war, has just been established in the Johns Hop kins university. Dr. J. c. Ballagh is in charge, and historic investigations of slavery, education, social life and insti- tutions are the subjects to be studied.
 From Amhertsburg, Canada, Consul Martin calls attention to the fact that American manufacturers will find in smoked meats. Bacon and hams are retailed at 15 and 16 cents a pound. The duty on imported meats is cents per pound. The price in the American market is SA to S1a cents pound.
 Consul Ruffin of Paraguay says that the butter supply for that country comes mainly from Europe, and is in ferior to that made in the United States. He thinks the superior quality of American butter would insure it's rapid sale and states that the retail price is from B to 40 cents, gold, per pound. Foreign butter however, pays 50 per cent. duty. The consul sug- gests the following innocent tricks of the trade: "Let any butter manufac- by placing on his small cans picture of the President of Paraguay, or those of some of the leading statesmen and an old historic house or two which would catch the eye of the people and cause it to be talked about. This would give popularity to the American brand, and ought to lead to quick and pro1ta- ble sales. Nothing of this sort exists in the country"
 There are about four hundred char itable organizations in Philadelphia, but they lack the system of co-opera- tion existing in New York, Boston and other eastefn cities, and which is nec- essary to effect good results and to prevent the practice of deception which encourages pauperism. An agitation has begun for cooperation, and the plan suggested is one that has worked well in Allegheny. It was inaugurated there by ex-Mayor Kennedy, and was called by him the charity clearing house. It is simple in operation, the underlying principle being that each society affording relief shall report the name and address of the relieved party to a central office. It was discovered that many families had made a prac- tice of living on charity, receiving re- relief from three, four or more societies at the same time. The clearinghouse was so effectual in preventing this that the system is to be extended to Pitts burg and to be established on perma- nent basis for the two cities
 French artillerymen are very enthu- siastic over the merits of their new field-gun, which is said to be giving the most marvellous results. Not only does the gun fire tWenty-four shots min ute but the accuracy of this almost continuous fire is reported to be perfect. With the old quick firing guns, which required to be aimed after each shot, the men were as likely as not to lose their heads in the excitement and rush of the moment, with the result that the firing quickly became wild The new gun not requiring to be reaimed, this drawback disappears. Once the dirac- ton is obtained, each shot goes home with infallible precision, while if it is required to alter the direction to either side of the range, the change is effected with the utmost swiftness by an ex- tremeIy simple mechanism. The new guns are being turned out with great