Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The following was recently turned in as a
bona fide composition by an Indiana school,
boy: ssThe human body is made up of the
head, the thorax and the abdomen. The
head contains the brains when there is any.
The thorax contains the heart, lungs and
diafram The abdomen contains the bowels,
of which there are Eve, A, E, I, q, U, some
times w any Y"
Recent official reports show that this coun-
try has over 5000, 900 men who can be called
on to fight if they are needed. There is ma
terial here for a big army, but bigger ones
can be got together in Europe. Russia leads
with 81 $780, 900 cable bodied men," then
comes Germany with 11,700,000, Great
Britain II 900, 900, Austria $500, 900, France
$3.50 900, and Italy 100000
There is ill feeling in Chicago. Thus the
Chicago Herald gracefully remarks: There is
probably no town in the country whose i'm
portant liquor interests would be SO largely
benefited by national political convention
as st. Leuis No visitor can safely drink its
river water st. Louis bartenders should
put themselves under course of vigorous
oAASS
for the great event.
This is large country. The editor of the
Griggs County Dakota Territory Courier
calls attention to the fact that Griggs county
contains room enough to seat the entire pepu-
lation of. the globe in arm chairs within its
limits, allowing each person space of thir-
teen square feet. The county has an area of
720 square miles, or over 10000, 200, GOO
square feet, and the worlds population is
about 1900, 600, 900. The actual population
of the county is 5000.
The Salvation Army apparently does some
real good in London. Its managers, to re-
lieve as far as possible the distress whic
prevails at the East End, have acquired
large premises in Limehouse, where they will
establish cheap food depot. For one penny
an adult receives refreshment and nights
lodging or soup and bread. For ahalf-penny
he receives either bread or soup. Children
are given basin of so9p for a farthing and
bread for an additional farthing.
"Fish," says DR.. W. w. Godding, OF
Washington, ''has for years enjoyed the rep
utation of being rich in phosphorus, and
hence adapted to the growth of brains.
How such a notion originated I do not know
perhaps because stale fish shines with phos-
phorescent light in the dark. AS a food,
fish is richer in water than IN phosphorus,
and to feed it to children, expecting thereby
to grow them into philosophers, would be on
par with the scholar who boiled his dic-
tionary in milk for supper, hoping thus to
acquire the language. AS a matter of fact,
physiological experiments, often repeated on
large scale, rather negative the popular
idea of the value of fish as brain food "
Among the pension bills reported is one
that provides for pensioning all who, having
been prisoners of war for sixty days or more,
are suffering from disability that may have
been caused by the hardships endured while
prisoners. It also authorizes the payment to
each officer and enlisted man who WAS a
prisoner of war for thirty days or more, two
dollars for every day of his confinement.
The idea of paying an allowance for the
time of confinement in prison is novel one,
and there is something to be said against 1t.
For instance, as the Worcester Spy puts it,
If it is compensation for suffering it is not
| Just, for thousands of soldiers suffered in
hospitals from disease or wounds as much aE
men can suffer and survive, while many prls-
oners of war suffered scarcely anything that
| deserved the name of hardship as compared
with the ordinary experience of the soldier
in campaign.
There is, it appears, such thing as prog
| ress. A committee of the Massachusetts
Medical society has lately submitted a report
touching the qualifications for membership
in that body, which is long step in advance
from the rather illiberal position which it has
hitherto chosen to occupy with reference te
the homeopathic school of medicine. Some
time ago physician who had received his
| diploma from homeopathic medical school
| but who had subsequently renounced
homeopathy, applied for admission to the
society. He was willing to submit to the
examination for membership, but he was In
formed that he was ineligible thereto because
| he did not have diploma from "recog
nized" school He could only secure ad
mission, according to the bylaws OF th'
society, by prolonged and expensive at
l tendance at "regular" school, notwith
standing 1t was admitted that he might b
qualified in every respect excepting in tn