Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The careful and reliable Washington cor
respondent of the Boston Ad0ertiser says
there has been some quiet talk of late, in
quarters which give it much more than ordi-
nary significance, of the possibility of Secre-
tary Blame and Mr.. Lowell, now minister to
Great Britain, changing places. This change
would please great many people, both poll
ticiaIs and those who are not politicians.
Recently an attempt has been made in Lon
don to release the ladies from the tyranny of
mere fashion by an association called the
Rational Dress Society," The association
proposes to assist ladies who desire to be free,
through the agency of drawing-room meet
ings. the distribution of rational" patterns,
and by friendly advice given in pamphlets
and newspapers. Every lady is to be per-
mitted to consult her own taste and conven-
ience, with the sole condition that her attire
shall be pleasing to the eye and conducive to
health and comfort. 1t is not probable that
the Rational Dress Society" will make
great progress just yet. Thus far in her ca
reer the civilized woman has not shown
much eagerness for rational dressing. She
has preferred to be in the fashion.
Mr.. John Burroughs lately made the at
tempt to introduce the English skylark in
this country but the colony is not prosper
GUS and Mr.. Burroughs thinks it will fail.
Two of the seven birds imported died soon
after their arrival. Five were liberated in .
meadow near the Hudson river, and two of
a. 1oe,
since, but he has heard no song from them.
He says the birds become dispersed and lost
in our vast territory, but this hardly looks
reasonable, especially in view of the fact that
some skylarks set free at Ridgewood, New
Jersey, have not lost themselves. There we're
seventy-four of them and theymade themselves
at home at once and in few days settled down
to housekeeping The males soar and sing
as blithely as in their native meadows, and
many young birds, native born American
skylarks, have already appeared.
An interesting experiment with telegraph
wires is going on in Washington. In that
city the Mutual Union Telegraph Company is
running its wires through the city sewers.
The wires are twisted in cable form and COW
cred with non-conductor and waterproof
coating. Outside the city limits these wires
will emerge from the sewers and join those
placed upon poles The cable made of the
twisted wires is attached firmly to the arched
roof or top of the sewer, and thus raised
above all interference from water, except in
case of foods The cables are laid by men
who are enveloped in rubber clothing and
provided with safety lanterns, provision be-
ing made for conducting fresh air to the
workmen by means of india-rubber tubes at
| tached to their rubber suits. The wires are
passed down through the man-holes of the
| sewers The managers of the company who
| devised this. plan already claim that it is a
complete success. If it is, the quicker their
example is followed in other cities the better.
A politician recently got himself elected to
| the Pesth Diet by shrewd device A cam
didate was sent down by the government to
canvass a remote Romanian district, who had,
| in the course of his political career, succeed
| ed IN aInassing handsome collection of