The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-18

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 Chief O'Neill, of the Chicago Police department, has for many years been collecting Gaelic folk songs and other Irish music, and his collection is now published in book form. It includes 625 songs and 3S0 reels among other com positions The Chief was assisted in his work by Patrolman James o'Neill.
 The Germans have placed on the Island of Heligoland, in the North Sea, unique light, the greatest in the world, which has for it's base the para bolic mirror of Schuckert Every five seconds it flashes a light of s0,0Oo,0Oo candle power over the whole horizon to a distance of twenty-five miles during one-tenth of second. k .E:
 John Perry of Georgia killed John A.. walker, a man from Chicago. last fall. He was tried. convicted and sentenced to the gallows. but last week Governor Terrell of Georgia con1muted the pen aity to life imprisonment. "Hencefortn I am an advocate of lynching," says Walkers widow Is it any wonder the people of the South take the law into their own hands?'
 Melbourne has an industrial exchange which is conducted for the benefit of the unemployed. For example, the needy shoemaker takes q pair of shoes 10 the exchange and receives a certifi- cate equivalent to their estimated value. This he can offer at any time in return for it's value in such other goods as may he deposited at the exchange by other members. These members are said to include accountan ants. architects, bakers, dentists engineers printers, authors. ssaatt srtt ttists, Journalists, geologists and piano tuners. Itis. .a curious reversion to the primitive system of barter. #..
 It is related that the other day Queen Alexandra, who was greatly pleased at. the warm reception given to her and the king in Ireland. remarked to an Irish morn ian. What touches me is that the poorer the people look the more heartily they shout their welcome" "At, rla'am, replied this daughter of Erin, ssyou see their voices are all they have to give you" How I wish could give them something in return, sighed the queen. And sure, you do, ma'an," was the ready answer. You give them smiles; any one can give them money, B but only you can give them your smiles.
 The death Of the Pope has enriched the argot of Paris with a new word. A policeman is a ..cafnerlengo." The first constable who heard himself addressed by that epithet was indeed nonpIussed, quite as much as the gendarne who was called centurion" But the motto of the Paris police is When in doubt, arrest your man. and in this case the innovator spent few hours at the po- lice station before being released. Ac- { cdrding to one authority, the connec- ton between policeman and a csmer- lengo is to be found in the silver ham, rner used to thrice strike the deceased Pope's brow. A policeman is a sscogne'' --i. e., he who strikes-and this fur nishes the connecting link. se,
 Americans are not entitled to think that they are in all departments at the head of electrical progress. To say nothing of Marconi's achievements Italy is far in advance of the United States in the introduction of electrical traction, in place of steam, upon long sections of important railway lines. The line of the Adriatic company, be- tween Lecco. on Lake Como, and Son. drio, ST miles in length. is operated by electricity. and passenger trains trav- erse 1t at the rate of more, than forty miles an hour. A different system is in use on the, line of the Mediterranean company, from Milan to Puerto Ceresio on Lake Lugano, 45 miles. where a speed of fifty miles an hour is attained by trains consisting of motor car and three passenger carriages.
 After years of experimenting it is announced that Thomas A. Edison has perfected his commercial photograph and made it practicable for taking court testimony and other dictation The record used is nine inches long and capable of taking several letters" Il can be shaved 175 times. making it as cheao as letter paper, and there is 8 mechanism controlled by the foot ol the operator taking dictation from il which stops and starts the machine at