Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 An interesting and important suit is to be tried in Kansas City. A commercial travel. Ter was recently robbed in one of the streets of that thriving town and he now claims damages from the corporation upon the prin- ciple that it is bound to protect the lives and within it's gates. There is good deal that can be said in favor of the commercial travel ler's claim.
 All the enterprising newspapers are not published in this country. There is one at Shanghai. In recent issue it announces that "Charles Parnell, sometime M. P. for Cork City, and three prominent Anarchists have been executed at Kilmainham. A small detachment of cavalry was in readiness, but their services were not required" It also re- ports that 'tMr. W. E. Gladstone was found dead, through an overdose of morphia."
 A French provincial lawyer recently died. In his will he directed that an annuity of $400 year be paid to the servant who should ssclose his eyes," When this clause was read the servant who performed this office
 
 fly dampsned by the nephew and heir of the dead man who reminded the servant that his master had but one eye. And the servant actually failed to get his legacy on this ab- surd technieality.
 The total exportatien of canned Holsters 7,69S, ,023 pounds and Canada's total export of lobster IA, ,094, 572 pounds. Next to Great Britain comes the United States, and France is third in the same line. The total value of exported Holsters is g, GOO, ,000. An inquiry was instituted by the Dominion government and the commission has reported that the fishery is being overdone and stringent meas ures are to be taken to save the industry from destruction.
 N. Hermite has made some notable oa1cu- lations concerning the stars. He shows that the total number visible to the naked eye of an observer of average visual power does not exceed six thousand, and of these the south ern hemisphere contains somewhat the larger number. In order to see this number of stars the night must be nloonless, the sky cloudless and the atmosphere pure, and here the power of the unaided eye stops; an opera glass will bring out twenty thousand, while a small telescope will bring out at least one hundred and fifty thousand, and the most powerful telescope yet constructed will show more than one hundred millions. NJ. Hermite concludes from his various observations that the light emitted by all the stars upon the whole sur face of the globe is equal to one-tenth of the light of the full moon.
 The death of M. Godin brings the famous 'familistere" of Guise into prominence once more. Schools, nurseries, cooperative stores, @ theater, library, reading room, cafe and gardens are all comprised within the estab- lishment. About $50 employees live there with their families, while $50 live in the vil- lage of Guise like ordinary workingmen. Their work is the making of stoves and kin dred iron ware. One of the peculiar rules is that men are not to work more than three hours to three hours and half on stretch, taking rests of an hour or more. The wages average about 26 francs a week, but most of the men are shareholders in a stock company which M. Godin formed some years ago and in which his factories were merged at capi-
 
 workingmen should gradually buy him out and own the establishment themselves. He received interest at per cent. upon the capi- tai invested, or about $45, 900 year, and salary of $3,000 year as director of the managing committee, which was life post. As the profits of the business had been per cent. for number of years it was estimated that the difference would in time pay off the debt and bring the works into the possession of the men.
 A Philadelphia assembly of Knights of Labor has issued circular which contains something like common sense. Having dis. covered that ''a large proportion of the money capital in the United States is invested in 1 absorbing the legitimate products of labor | and in private, intsrest-bearing obligations, indirectly taxing the country and preventing l the proper development of it's industries" !" | and also the sadly evident fact that "the discussions in congress and elsewhere evil dence great lack of knowledge of political economy among legislators" they have adopt ed the following resolves: That we demand that the fundamental and elementary princi- ples of political economy shall be taught to advanced classes in our public schools; that we hereby pledge ourselves not to vote for any candidate for congress or the State legis- lature who is ignorant of the fundamental principles of economic science; that we earn estly request the cooperation of the general executive board of the Knights of Labor, the Confederation of Labor and all other organ