Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-20

of productive energy which should have been | more said that man cannot be said to have
 fully recovered from the effects of typhoid | for five years, and he enumerated it's many
 severe results. The fact that typhoid Is the
 result of negligence and dirt and is easily preventable was shown to be indisputable. Ohio has an annual ''arbor dayn-a day set apart for the planting of trees. Dr. John B. Peasles, superintendent of the Cincinnati public schools, makes 8 plea for the adoption of this Ohio idea in other States, and points out the valuable results which it may accom- plish. The Ohio people arouse among the pupils of the public schools an interest in tree culture and the preservation of the for
 ests. Already several beautiful groves have
 been planted by them-memorial groves, which commemorate events and persons.
 The planting of the trees is accompanied
 with appropriate and interesting exercises in
 which the young forest growers join, and the
 day is made time to look forward to and
 enjoy. Dr. PeRslee furnishes selections from
 many authors who have written concerning
 the value of the forests, the poetry of the
 trees and their influence on water ways and
 climate. Every State ought to have an arbor
 day.
 The French and English ministers of war
 have issued orders that boxing shall hereaf- ter form part of the regular training and
 drill of the soldiers, and in all the regi. ments preparations for the new system are
 being made. The New York World thus comments upon this fact: This suggests complete revolution in those methods of war
 which not only belong to barbarous age but become more and more barbarous every year. Why should there not be complete disarmament by agreement of Universal National Congress representing every civi- ized government in the world. leaving bat ties to be fought hereafter with nothing but hard gloves, under the Marquis of Queens bur, rules? This would, of course, necessi- tate an equal number of troops on each side, and whichever army got knocked out first would lose the battle. There would be no more frightful daughters, and it would be much better to see old veterans going about with broken noses than with cork legs and armless sleeves.
 s:Rhyme parties'' are becoming fashiona- ble among young people out West. The one giving the entertainment forwards, with every invitation sent out, 8 card containing the name of young lady or gentleman who is to be invited, with request that the one who receives it Jill write some appropriate rhymes, bringing the name on the card into the verses in some pleasant way. These contributions are to be returned to the one who gives the entertainment, who, the with author, is expected to keep the authorship profound secret. When the party takes place, and the proper time arrives, the re- sponses. in blank envelopes. are placed in a box, and well shaken up. Each one then selects an envelope. and reads it aloud for tke amusement of the company. As every allusion is personal, and each one is pretty sure to be mentioned, the curiosity and ex- citenent naturally increase until all are read, and then the endssvor to guess the author l ship heightens the enjoyment. It is also cus- tomary for the one who writes to enclose | ''favor" for the subject of the rhyme.