Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-31

A fine parade yesterday. It seemed vel | enough to have the ambulance in the line, but where did the appropriateness of that un. ! pleasant vehicle known as 'the Black Maria l come inP
 An English evangelist who is trying to con vert the wicked inhabitants of Cincinnati is
 modest man. ''If you will oblige me and
 Jesus." he said at one of his meetings, ''come
 right to the front seats.''
 Mir William H. English threatens to sue every newspaper in the land for publishing 1 charges that he lobbied for his son. He has | good case against some of them which l made very unpleasant remarks about him. Arthur's friends say that he will have 375 votes on the first ballot, and Blaines friends claim 35O making total of 725 votes. This leaves only 95 votes to be distributed among the other candidates. Evidently some of tbe calculators have made mistake.
 The Rev Dr. Buckley. white man and a professor in Howard university, went into a Washington restaurant the other day with two well-dresssd and gentlemaniy colored students, for lunch. The proprietor refused to serve them, because the students were Africans. Professor Buckley says that the young men were superior to the proprietor ;n culture and intellect. Washington is the capital of a great glorious and free country.
 A South Carolina paper does its best for 8 candidate for Congress in the following winged words: This is no utopian form of government, nor have we any ideal candi- dates for public office; but we have one real man who is our idea of man, worthy in every respect to. fill with credit to himself and honor to his country the position to which we desire to elect him. This man is the Hon. l. G. McKissick. whom it is our pleasure to propose as candidate for Con- eress He, the scar-worn veteran, the great commoner, the philanthropist who has served bis people so faithfully so many years in so many capacities, he has ever passed through successfully the trying ordeal of that public scrutiny to which every candidate is sub iected.
 The objection has been urged that if Sepa tor Sherman CT Senator Harrison is made the Republican nominee the party will lose United States senator. Senator Sherman's successor would be @ man appointed by Democratic governor to hold until the legis- Iature meets in 1886. new legislature will be chosen in 1885, Senator Harrison's successor would be chosen b5 inc legislature to be elected this year. The chance of mak- ing up a loss in either of these States by the election of senators in other States may be estimated from the following statement of seats to become vacant on March 4. 1885: Democratic: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida. Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Missou- II. North Carolina, Oregon and South Caro- lima. Republican; Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois. Iowa, Kansas, Nevada. New York. Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin.
 The dowaeer Empress of Austria, who died the other day, married, when still young, the epiieptic Emperor Ferdinand, of Austria. Soon after the death of the Emperor Francis, her father in-law, there was rumor that an heir in the direct line to the crown might be sxnectsd. In alluding to it the Empress said: aGod forbid that should ever per- petuate She suffering of which am con- stant witness. What renders it so awful is that it degrades instead of exalting- I am unable to respect martyrdom of this sort, al- though from my inmost heart pity it. should have been happier as poor, obscure woman, with husband that could love and rosy children round me, than the wife of Kaiser who is afflicted with disease that units him for all public and private duties. '
 Mir. s. G. W. Benjamin, 8 literary feller" who is United States consul at Teheran, has discovered curious business in Persia, and gives an account of it in a report to the State department. The ancient armor of Persia often displayed extraordinary beauty, costliness and skill. It is highly prized by collectors, but the museums of Europe long since absorbed most of the best examples. Specimens still exist, but they can only be obtained at high price by residents of the oounkrv wh0 are able to ferret out the old