Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-05

Ienses 10 go 70 the Den6nt or tne evening schools.
 Mir. Sturgeon, the celebrated London preacher, was recently asked if he thought
 the world had grown better or worse since he
 he thought in some respects it was worse,
 'The struggle for Hfe," he said, ''is harder now, it is more difficult to make living, and the dsstitution is more appalling, think, than it has ever been" On the other hand. there had been many Improvements, espec- ially in the direction of intemperance. A class Of men, who were very numerous when he first came to London, have now become extinct-those good and respectable gentle men who never got drunk but who were in the habit of getting tolerably mellow. He thinks there is also an improvement in the attitude of respectable people toward licenti- ous literature. 'tOur grandmothers," he said, tread books which our daughters would be ashamed to open"
 "kelly is not worth the price he asks, /" says the Charleston News (Democratic). 'He Is even dear at any price. The national De- mocracy, we firmly believe, will be stronger without him than with him. Under no cir cumstances can be be depended on to be true to the Democratic candidates. Under no circumstances will the American people have faith in 8 political party which trades with or relies on Tammany. The time for declaration of political independence has come It is meet and just that when honest Republicans prefer party defeat to national disgrace the undefiled Democracy should be equally conscientious and courageous The Republicans repudiate Blaine; the Demo- crats owe it to themselves to repudiate Kelly. political party which is afraid to cut loose from political dishonesty can scarcely expect to be trusted by the people. The party which, doing right in scorn of consequences pins it's faith to the people, will reap it's re- ward on election day."
 It is the unpleasant declaration of Chi cago detective, locally famous, that no more than one murder in ten ever comes out. "Think over the recent known cases" he says. "Can you recall one in which the life wasn't taken with shot or blade?" In other words, the means of killing were such that there could not possibly be any concealment of the crime itself, though the criminal might escape. He held that to prove beyond doubt that the comm onest form of premedl- tated murder-by poisoning-is prach ed to 8 dreadful extent without detection. About the only murders that do come out, he thinks, are those sudden, unplanned ones that arise from passion. ''It may not be a pleasant thing to think of,' he remarks, ''but it can't be denied, that any cool, intelligent person can murder a member of his family by using a poison that doesn't produce violent symp- toms, and run very slight risk of being caught at it. It is my firm conviction that only g small percentage of the murders are distinguished from ordinary de- ths."
 During the last six months there has been a large increase in the number of murders and suicides in this country over the correspond ing period of last year. The murders com lnitted have averaged nine and the suicides four per day. Sixteen hundred and six per sons have died at the hands of their fellow men, an increase of nearly 500 per cent. over the first six months of 1883. In the roll of states Kentucky and Missouri head the list with 95 each; New York furnished 65, 23 of them committed in the metropolis. Con nscticut stands near the foot with 14, being only second to Massachusettsint in the New Eng land states, Judge Lynch has reaped quite 2 harvest in the West and South. 8l having paid the extreme penalty at the hands of wig ilancs committees and mobs. Of these 56 where white, 24 negroes and 1 Japanese. sixty-three persons. ? of them negroes, have been legally executed, an increase of II over last year. In various parts of the Union SIP persons put aa end to their earthly exist ence by suicide From January l to June 30, 1883, there were 455 cases of suicide This year New York leads with 205 cases against 1O2 in 1883. Connectic leads New En gland with 14 deaths by suicide, the oth- CTS standing: Maine 10, Vermont z, Rhode Island 6, New Hampshire 5, Massachusetts 4.