Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-13
NEW HAVEN, CONN., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1884

to its character is not open to more cursory
objection. Civil power exercised with dig
nifty is less likely to be arbitrary when its re-
sponsibility and accountability are manifest
ed in the performance of duty.
The London Music-Trade Review mourns
over the defeat of the Morrison bill, which
it describes as 'tthe American bill for the re-
duction of the tariff with view to the
eventual adoption of free trade" The Re
view remarks: s'Had the tariff been re-
duced, more than one of the great European
makers was prepared to at once open an
agency in New York. This to our American
friends would, of course, have been verit-
able calamity" And the Review adds: cat
present the wages to journeymen piano
makers in the United States are higher than
in any other quarter of the globe"
Larger sales of real estate are expected in
NewSYork during the present month than for
any October since 1872, when the boom was
at its height. This is due to the postpone
ment of sales from September, when owners
We're unwilling to accept the current low
range of prices. The September sales did
not equal by nearly $1,000, 900 the value of
conveyances during September, 1888. The
improved demand for large apartment
houses is regarded as favorable sign. High
rents and leases prevail in the fashionable
uptown quarter, but in the annexed district
above One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street
month, and the extension of the elevated
railway system and the completion of Van
Cortlandt Park has benefited Mott Haven
and Morrisania
In a recent opinion the English Court of
Appeal discusses and sustains novel rene
dy for a common grievance in business. The
defendant, having been dismissed from the
employment of the plaintiff, went about max
ing false representations to the latter's Gus
toners designed to injure his business
Thereupon the employer moved for an in
junction to put stop to the slanderous
statements. This was granted by the trial
judge, and his ruling has been affirmed by
the Court of Appeal. 'FThe Court" said
Lord Justice Cotton, "has of late granted
injunctions in cases of libel, and why should
it not also do SO in cases of slander? No
doubt the tongue is an unruly member to
govern; never theless the defendant must take
care that he keeps his tongue in order and
does not allow it to rep eat those statements
which he is by the injun ction restricted
from uttering'
The working classes of England and the
Continent have a great many holidays. Thus,
in England, besides SO Sundays, there are 4
bank holidays, Is days of rest resulting from
the regular Saturday half holidays; and if
half of ST. Monday, which is often granted,
be added, the number rises from SO as high
as 10S. In France tho days of exemption
from labor, including Sundays and fete days,
number 100 q year. Greece has SO many
church festivals kept as holidays that only
265 working days are left during the twelve
months. In Russia there are 24 holidays
which, with Sundays, make 7G non-working
days Austria varies in the number of holi-
days, which are not less than 76, while in the
provinces they range considerably higher.
In Brussels, including St. Monday, the aver
age number of working days is estimated at
1885, though there are only 65 official holi-
days Switzerland has numerous religious
festivals to lessen the number of working
days, but the working classes have to take
certain number of days for military exercise
until they are 49, and in some cases 81, years
of age