Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-17

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 When George Q. Cannon, who is perhaps the most able of the Mormon leaders, gets his deserts, as he now seems likely to do, the Mormons will probably be convinced that the people of the United States do not approve of them. Times have changed since Cannon was in Washington using his influence in favor of the Mormon establish ment.
 The Iowa legislature is trying to head off ''alien landlordism" by bill prohibiting the future acquisition of property by non-resi- dent aliens, and terminating all titles so held after three years. The State constitution guarantees to unnaturalized residents the rights to hold and transfer property that citizens have, and the Chicago Tribune wants to see this provision done away with.
 The Boston Traveller gives the following timely advice to workingmen: American workingmen, in facing these constantly re- curing labor troubles should bear in mind that the country is yet new; the relations of supply and demand have not yet been ad justed; the use of improved machinery is apt to cause an over-supply in nearly every commodity, and, as consequence, a de- crease in the demand of labor. When this is the case labor must suffer, but not alone, for capital is a sufferer, too, and in as vital aspoint with this difference, capital can af- ford it, labor cannot. The American work ingman should however, spurn old-world methods, and seek in a legitimate way the lief that is sure to come sooner or later. Al Nv 1ofric 1ot1 fr7rp &1air ton very properly to these matters, and we may hope that some method of arbitrating labor difficulties may be devised
 The women's educational and industrial union of Boston is doing a good work in seeking to protect the public against those petty swindlers who offer to women 'twork at home" These advertisements flood the newspapers and usually require that some little money be forwarded to cover the cost of the materials, patterns, implements, etc, that are promised. Abby Morton Diaz, president of the Boston association, tells of one of these swindlers who was elected from his hired rooms, could not secure others, and in less than one month his mail accumulated at the postoffice in suspicious quantities, and being opened was found to contain in small sums nearly $500. In order that no deserving woman may be taken in in this way, Mrs. Diaz announces that ''the women's educa- tional and industrial union, "A Boylston street, will gladly investigate, free of charge, advertisements offering to women work at home."
 The London Lancet highly recommends skating to ladies. It says: Beyond question skating is one of the finest sports, especially for females. It is graceful, healthy, stimu- lating to the muscles, and it develops in a very high degree the important faculty of balancing the body and preserving perfect control over the whole of the muscular sys- tenn while bringing certain muscles into ac- tion at will. Moreover, there is this about it which is of special value: it trains by ex- ercise the power of Intentionally inducing and maintaining a continuous contraction of the muscles of the lower extremity. The joints, hip, knee and ankle are firmly fixed or rather kept steadily under control, while the limbs are so sst by their muscular appa- ratus that they form, as it were, part of the skate that gIides over the smooth surface To skate we'll and gracefully is very high accomplishment indeed, and perhaps one of the very best exercises in which young wo- men and girls can engage with view to | healthful development.
 An interesting discovery has been made | in England, in the crypt of Winchester ca | thedral, in which excavations are being car ried on by the direction of Dr. Kitchen, the dean, to restore the crypts to their ancient
 proportions by removing modern accumu- l lations of earth. In mass of masonry just under the groined arch of the fifteenth cen
 tury Lady chapel leaden coffin, enclosing
 8 wooden one, was found, and in the latter
 was the skeleton of Bishop Peter Courtenay,
 the fact being established by the coat of
 arms at the foot of the cross cast on the cof- fin lid. This bishop, in the troubles of