Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-24

zen, Stimkins Stackpole, we recognize the absence of life in the said s. S.. that we do not know whe her our fellow-citizen Stackpole is now in comfortable quarters that we cannot say whether Stack. Is now red hot, or merely heating; that Stack was always a good fel- low that 1t is unreasonable to suppose that any punishment will be visited upon Stack that we can only gaze vacantly at the doubt ful beyond, and conjecture as to the happi- ness or existence of Stack. that we hope he is where flowers are blooming, and where pie IS perennial; that this is the way we think matters should be arranged for Stack that a copy of these resolutions be sent to all the newspapers, with the request that they be published gratis; that the publisher of these resolutions, being member of the church, Will be amply repaid in the expectation he well have of reward in the next world CT there be any next world) for the dead head printing he has done In this
 Not long ago the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in California gave deci- sion to the effect that the Constitution of the State excludes the children of MongoIian pa- rants. from the public schools. This dictam was brought out by an alleged application from an unknown correspondent of the above named official, who, writing from Chinese Camp Postofice. wanted to know the law on the subject. Superintendent Welker quoted the fundamental law as intended to discour- age Chinese immigration, and drew thence kha inf <a 1poiE oi,i to the public schools would encourage imui' grafton, and, therefore, would be unconstitu- tional. Mir. F. A. Bee, consul at San Fran cisco for the Chinese government, has writ ten vigor ous letter in which he takes the ground from under the feet of the astute State Superintendent He points out that the children of Chinese parents, born in this country, are not subjects of the emperor of China, but of the government of the United States They are entitled to the protection of all laws intended to protect citizens of the United States, without any regard to the na- tionality of their parents. A State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction who needs to be told this is hardly shining example of the right man in the right place.
 Some interesting facts concerning the Rus sian army haya been made public. At the beginning of 1881 the number of officers was B, 7s2, and the rank and file 859, ,275; at the close of the year the numbers were s. O5o and SIP, ASA. In the course of the year 2, ,65O off. cers and 270, 161 rank and file left the service while ,918 officers and 224, 37o men entered The diminution of the number of officers is due chiefly to retiren1ents. Or the rank and file 21O, 126 were placed in the reserves, 20,- 5SS were granted leave of absence on account of their health, and g, 687 were struck Off the list as utterly unfit for service The number of recruits was Iessened on account of the extension of the period of service to five years for the feet the line and field artillery, and six years for the other branches As to education, 16o,s96 could neither read nor write; while those whose learning entitled them to shorter service amounted only to f., 455. In respect to religion, 160, ,561 were of the Orthodox church, p, 739 Roman Catho lies, 7,245 Lutherans, SITS Jews, 7,296 Ma hometans, and 365 heathens besides others in small number. The Dissenters are put down at 1,980, but this must be multiplied by fifteen to obtain anything like the true figure One hundred and seventy-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-three men were between five feet and five feet ten and half in height, and 25 1S4 above this height.