Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Among the bills to be introduced in the
 New York legislature this winter are several
 aimed at the manufacture of bogus butter. When they take census in Germany they
 get much information of various kinds. A
 new census is about to be taken in that coun-
 try and the elaborate questions prepared for
 answer in every household far exceed in num-
 Der and minute inquiry any previous list. One of the questions in the new list is: s'How
 are your children of ages from two to five fed!"
 Captain Eads' Tehuantepec ship-railroad
 scheme gets quite Gift" in the action of
 the Mexican congress in enlarging the con
 cession to the railroad and guaranteeing it
 $1, ,250 00O year for fifteen years on condi-
 tion that this country or some other guaran-
 tees twice as>much for the same period. Mex
 ico is evidently thoroughly in earnest in this
 matter.
 Several medical writer's have lately called
 attention to the fact that although there is a
 marked diminution of drunkenness in Eng
 land the use of powerful narcotic and stimu-
 lating drugs has largely increased. Even
 nitro-g o-glycerine-a comparatively new medi-
 cine-has found it's devotees. The Lancet
 says: ''Since the introduction of nitro-gly-
 cerine tablets into the British pharmacopHia
 the of the drug has increased to an enor-
 nous extent, and it is to be feared that it's
 manufacture is carried on surreptitiously." According to the annual report of the Ger
 man government concerning socialism the
 new doctrine is fourishing. Socialistic newspapers printed in America, England and elsewhere are smuggled into the country and disquieting excursions and "picnics" are or ganized at which workingmen sing the "Mar- sellaise of Labor" Hundreds of public meetings have been broken up by the police, many cities and districts have been placed I under "the minor state of siege' for crimes l of tongue among the people-and all this IS spread upon the records in order to furnish an argument for a continuation of the social 1 ist laws.
 Senator P. NJ. Sutton in addition to his personal investigation of the working of the prohibitory law in the Iowa cities, sent a circular letter of inquiry to every town in | the State having population of three hun l dred or over. In cases where he did not | know any trustworthy person in the town he addressed his letter to ''The Leading Pastor
 or ''Any Leading Republican" He finds that there are to-day in Iowa under prohibi-
 tion 1887 open saloons (against 1 1906 under l the old local option law and 400 other sa- looms selling liquor on the sly. 'Give these cities and large towns" says the senator, Gan option of high license or no license and we 1 can close half the saloons in the State next year and place vigiiant guard over all the rest of them. And in doing so we will not disturb prohibition in single place that now enjoys that boon.'
 The amount of power wasted by shaft ing being out of line, of insufficient size, and imperfectly coupled, says the In dustrial American, can hardly be estimated. Great as is this loss, that from badly laced, | crooked, stiff, and generally outrageous belt ing is but little less In some establish
 ments belt lacing of sufficient size for the | main belt of the establishment is con sidered plenty good enough to lace a three-inch belt with, and is used accordingly. pun ch l large enough to make holes for the biggest | facing is, of course, necessary, and it has the | advantage of answering for all sizes of belt.
 The apparent advantage of having but one
 size in large establishment is captivating;
 the result in belt efficiency, however, is
 something which would astonish the count | ing house, if it could understand the fig ures.
 Dr. Richardson. celebrated English doc