The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-31


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 An extension of the definition of as- sault has been devised by some London Low Churchmen. They attended an "asperges'' service in a ritualistic church, and later asked for summons for assault against the vicar who had springled holy water on them.
 
 the education of deaf-mutes, and such persons can actually hear sounds pro- ceeding from the photograph, and soon learn to utter them. It ap- pears to be an eff1cacious method, even with persons who have passed middle life.
 The war is rapidly taking the cash but of the treasury. For the first four weeks of the present month the gov ernments expenditures amounted to $47,173, ,000, while it's receipts have been but $2S,130,6s6. This makes a deficit for the month of $19,O42,314 It will prob- ably reach twenty-five millions for the month.
 Turkey and Greece are the only Eu- ropean countries into which the tele- phone has not yet been introduced. Sweden has the largest number of tel ephones per capita of any country in the world, having one to every 115 per- sons, and Switzerland comes next with one to every 12s
 Dhere are some good things even in Havana under Spanish rule. For in- stance, a device for protecting passen- gers from the extortion of cabmen. The lamp posts are painted in various col ors, red for the central district, blue for the second circle, green for the third, etc, and thus the "fare' knows imme- diately when he has passed a legal boundary, and pays accordingly.
 Students and professors of Berlin university complain of the abuse of the privileges recently granted women to attend lectures at that University on equal terms with men. It seems that young girls of from thirteen to four- teen years go to the lectures, some even accompanied by their mammas! The male students protest vigorously, and refuse to sit on the same benches with half-grown schoolgirls. Strict meas- ures will be taken to put an end to this practice.
 One of the results of the war is de- nided scarcity of pineapples. This de- licious fruit comes largely from the Bahama islands, and hitherto has been brought here mostly by small sailing vessels, schooners, flying the American flag. Naturally these boats, fearing capture by Spanish gunboats or priva- teers, have remained in port and the trade has gone to English craft Freight rates have gone up, and the supply of the fruit is both scant and expensive. The pineapple is found in nearly all the numerous islands which make the Bahama group and in some places is the only output.
 A novel suggestion was made at the recent congress of hygiene and der
  typography in Madrid by Dr. E. Vallin of the French Academy of Medicine, who called attention to the presence of saltpetre on the walls of dwelling houses, and to it's injurious effects on the health of the occupants. Accord ing to Dr. Vallin, the salt is formed by nitrifying bacilli, and these must be de- stroyed and conditions favorable to their development and life removed. Germicides such as coal-tar, copper sulphate, etc., should be mixed with the mortar, and where diseased con- dition of the walls is to be found, they should be inoculated with anti nitrifying bacilli.
 A peculairity of caste in Cuba is thus explained in the Chautauquan: A Spaniard was born in Spain. His son, who was born in Cuba is not a Span iard, but Cuban. If a Cuban should go to Madrid when he was two weeks old and spend all his life in the palace he would still be Cuban, and not quite as good as Spaniard. If a Span- iard should go to Havana when he is