Show THE familiar saying that a little learning is a dangerous thing finds a peculiar illustration in the case of jesse Pora eroy alie boy murderer who is serving out a life term of solitary imprisonment in a massachusetts state institution it appears eliat pomeroy has devoted u good share of his leisure time in prison to the pursuit of learning and has attained considerable proficiency in the modern languages and in several of the sciences jie hag also paid some attention to the law recently while engaged in studying over an old book of statutes the student convict came across a law of colonial times which forbade more than twenty four hours solitary imprisonment in the state prison finding that no specific repeal of this old statute had ever been made pomeroy at once made application through his counsel for immediate release on the ground that he had been illegally confined the application was denied by the state authorities on constitutional grounds the dangerous character of the convicts learning consists in the fact that if his petition had been found to rest on a legal basis and he had been released from imprisonment the original penalty would have been enforced that is to say if ho had been released at all it would only have been to go to the scaffold and the hang mans noose WARM batha will often prevent the most virulent person who has been in fear of having received infection of any kind should take a warm bath suffer perspiration to ensue and then rub dry he is advised to dress warmly to guard against taking cold if the system has imbibed any infectious matter it will be removed by resorting to the warm bath if tho latter is taken before the infection has had time to spread over the system and even if some time has elapsed the drenching pre that may be induced by hot water will be very likely to remove it in cases of congestion bilious colic inflammation ac there is no remedy more certain to give relief than a hot bath in cases of obstinate constipation also wonderful cures have been wrought for sore throats of the lungs a hot compression ia one of the most potent remedies AN english reviewing the progress of railroads say that in 1630 master beaumont laid down wooden rails from his coal pits near newcastle to the river side in iron rails were first laid down at whitehaven White haven in 1789 jos sop introduced at loughborough the cast iron edge rails and fl anches cast upon the tires of the wheels so as to keep them on the track in 1800 in little eaton derbyshire outram used stone sleepers in 1802 invented and patented his railway locomotive in 1812 engine worked at leeda drawing 33 coal wagons at the rate of 3 miles per hour jn 1815 george stephenson constructed his locomotive and in 1816 he invented a new rail and chair on tho of 1825 the railway from stockton to darlington was opened for traffic ALTHOUGH harpers magazine for september is a fall number there are no signa about it of turning in the sear and yellow leaf on the contrary all the leaves retain the vigor and freshness of summer to a degree that is simply fascinating the fancies of all classes of readers are catered to of son ciment practical common sense people lovers of fun lovers of fiction and lovers of fair women and brave men these and more too will find articles to interest them in this number artistically the september harpers is of marked excellence E A abbas harvest home drawings one of which is used as a frontispiece reach the high water mark of perfection in their line boux joux W FOSTEK ex united states minister has returned to tho city of mexico where it is supposed he will make further preliminary arrangements for the proposed new monetary treaty tho plair is for gome arrangement by which mexican importers may purchase floods in the united states without loss of exchange on money such an advantage with the speedy transportation of goods possible from the united states would help the introduction of american manufactures into that country as against germany franco and england THE international copyright bill upon which BO many literary hopes depend appears to have been buried under in tho avalanche of bills sent down upon the house of representatives at washington the measure passed the senate without much opposition about two months ago since which time in the custody of the house committee As the action of congress during the present cession seema to be shaped mainly with a view to political effect we would suggest to the majority in the house that it make tho copyright bill theres millions in it considered in that way the party that champions this bill will of course have the hearty and unanimous support ol 01 nil the poet novelists and other literary people in alio united states some contributions not in manuscript to the party campaign fund might also be expected from the english side of the water an american question of this kind might interest even lord ten mybon in fact the possibilities opened up by such a political moyo as we have suggested are simply overwhelming we submit the suggestion to the careful consideration of the majority leaders in the house AN ohio physician who brought home examination a potion of the throat membrane of a victim permitted his children to look at it under a glass cover shortly after his entire family were stricken with diphtheria and since two of the children and himself have died five children are yet down with the disease and are in a critical condition JAMIESON the naturalist writes from Ka songo on the congo eiver that he ia malang preparations to leave with major Bart ellot tib and nine hundred men to search for henry M stanley he says all the europeans in the expedition are well THE kind of jersey justice we like to see was that meted out to four liquor dealers in the city of trenton one day last week the four were found guilty of violating the new local option high license law and were sentenced to six months in the county jail COUNT the italian ambassador to france has handed to M goblet minister of foreign affairs a note addressed to all the european powers informing them that italy has definitely taken possession of Mas and the adjacent territory POMEROY says the highway robber who comes to a man face to face and single handed is a saint compared to the one who uses an official position to distress harrass rab and impoverish to any degree the dispatches this morning announced that the president hag sent into the senate the following nominations for judges ef probate in this territory john houston for garfield copney cop nty thomas J brandon for pointy pon nty parton dodd for county john arrabal aj rabal or bahi alce county governor west has appointed a number of individuals to represent utah as delegates to the deep wates convention to be held in denver an next among the number is A G sutherland of provo joseph merrill whose home is in mill creek met with an accident on tuesday that has necessitated his being taken to the deseret hospital salt lake he had been herding sheep on the summit between pleasant valley and castle valley and had taken his gun ont of the wagon it was loaded and while in the act of letting down the trigger was discharged the bullet passing in at the and out through the sole of the foot james H hart has been arrested in idaho on the charge of unlawful cohabitation and released on bandh of 1000 an aged gentleman named newball a resident of haq killed by lightning on wednesday night |