Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Professor Sumner is certainly not yet ''the forgotten man.''

Professor Sumner is certainly not yet ''the forgotten man"
 Read what ''a Congregational pastor' has ] to say in another column concerning ''the indifferent things" which have been so much ! talked about lately.
 Nihilism is practically dead, according to
 the Russian police, but the Nihilists do not
 agree with the police. ''The calm before the
 storm" and 'sthe stiffness of death" are the
 phrases used by two Nihilist magazines in
 Geneva to describe the present quiet in Rus
 sia to which the Czar's recent proclamation
 hopefully alIudes.
 Professor Melville Bell, father of the in
 veutor of the telephone and himself noted
 inventor, has been taking look into the fu-
 ture. He believes that the problem of aerial
 navigation will be fully solved before long;
 that means will be found for making elec- tricity travel and convey messages at will
 without wires; that method will be found of detecting the location of minerals in the earth, and that the next century generally will be more fruitful of great inventions than the past
 An interesting contribution to the discus sion of malaria and it's causes has been made by Signor Torrelli, who has published map showing the malarious districts of Italy and demonstrating that the chief causes of mals- ria there are the spread of railroads and the destruction of forests The railroad embark ments interfere with natural drainage, and the absence of forests causes the earth to be- come so dry and porous that it absorbs large quantities of water which give rise to heavy and long continued corporations.
 There is now a good prospect that one Washington monument will be finished. In 1910 the Pennsylvania branch of the Society of the Cincinnati resolved to build a monu- ment to the memory of Washington, and raised fund for the purpose, which was in vested until the society should be ready to proceed with the enterprise. The society did nothing. and the subject was apparently forgotten. But the eustodians of the fund were faithful and prudent, the fund increas- ed by the accumulation of interest in all these years, until two or three years ago it was announced that it's amount was two hun dred thousand dollars Then the society de termined that it was time to erect the monu- ment; contract was made with a sculptor in Berlin, and last week a bill was passed by Congress authorizing the admission, free of duty, of the monument when completed
 A pleasing story about faithful policem en and distinguished lawbreakers comes from Munich. There is a law in that city requir- ing every saIoon-keeper to close his shop and the night, and subjecting both him and them to fine in case of disobedience. On re- cent night two vigilant policemen descended upon favorite .sbier halls'' in the Bavarian capital and caught party of venerable men in the midst of good cheer. When their names were demanded the first four responded in order: Professor yon A., of the Univer- sity''; ''Priyy Councillor B.; ."Imperial Councillor Count O.; 'tMajor von D., When they came to the fifth eulprit the po licemen started back in horror and amaze ment, for they found themselves confront ing the Chief of Police, who, however, made everything pleasant by promising to pay his own fine and seeing to it that his compan- ions paid theirs. and by praising the dili- gence and fidelity of his snbordinates A | few days later the two policemen were pro- noted.
 Prince Bismarck has recently made some | remarks concerning the Sunday | question. He pronounces the strict observ- l. ance of SSunday demanded by English and American laws tta terrible form of tyranny" The first time he ever set foot on English { soil Cat Hull1 he said he remembered that he began to whistle in the street. t'Oh, pray do not whistle,n said his English fellow traveller. Mot whistle7'' Bismarck asked; 'swhy not {? Is it prohibited ?" ssNo," was the reply, .tit is not against the law, but don't you know