The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-07


 cucumber has been cultivated for 5000 years. Some of the cucumbers for sale around here seem to have been picked in the first year.
 It used to be held that cottonseed meal was poisonous to hogs. Expert ments have lately been made in several States which show that this Is not true. While yet declining to give its hearty endorsement, the experts recommend its use under certain conditions.
 "I'm the only man in the world who can sing a song standing on my head in bucket of water" said James Coll Her when charged with vagrancy in the police court of Grimsby, England, the other day. He was discharged on his promise to leave town, but before leav- ing did gurgling solo for the benefit of and to the admiration of the police.
 They are evidently becoming civilized on the Gold Coast. A Gold Coast journal describes wedding and feast following 1t in a manner befit- ting a custodian of morals and man. ners. Tt is reported that most of the gentlemen who attended refreshed n1,. niosn hn ner in which they acted does not speak well of their gentlemanly principles. These gentlemen may please beware to avoid a repetition on future occasions"
 Dr. Chauvel, medical inspector of the French army, deals a heavy blow at the popular surgical treatment of ap- pendicitis in a special report of statistical nature. He shows that out of 66S cases of appendicitis in the mill itary hospitals of France, 180 were op- erated upon, while 4SO received only medical treatment. Of the latter there were only three that resulted fatally, whereas of the much smaller number dealt with by the use of the knife 93 were lost.
 Cheap travelling men who can pick up orders in a brisk and breezy fashion in the West and Southwest of our own country are not the men who may be expected to do business in Mexico, says Consul J. A. Le Roy. of Durango. The professional "hustler" Is quite apt to be no use down there. Men of edu- cation and culture, with gentlemanly manners and 8 knowledge of the lan- guage, its people and their customs are the sort of travelling men American firms need, not only for this country, but for all Spanish America.
 A great meeting of the principal shop keepers in the drapery tailoring and boot trades of Vienna was held recently in that city to protest against the pass ing of the new industrial bill which has already been adopted by the lower house of the ReIchsrath, and is now be- fore the upper house, The bill is a po- 1itical move on the part of the Christian Socialists, and was introduced by them with the object of catching the votes of the small tradesmen at the next elec- ton. The principal clauses prohibit ahopkeepers from making costumes, clothes or boots to order, and even from making any requisite alterations in ready-made clothing, and from under taking repairs of boots, unless in all cases the owner of the business is a member of one of the various trade or ganizations The shopkeepers in a large way of business declare that the pass ing of the bill will mean ruin, while the small tradesmen assert that it is impossible for them to make a living in face of the competition by the big firms. The meeting was broken up by crowd of small tradesmen, who created such a disturbance that the police had to clear the hall