Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-02


 Carl Schurz' reception in Berlin forcibly shows how times change. Once if Mr. Sehurz had visited Berlin his reception would have been in prison.
 The New York policeman who committed burglary, and in twenty four hours or less found himself in Sing Sing with ten years' sentence, got no more than hs deserved The speediness of his punishment is as en- couraging as the justice of it.
 In libel suit brought against the Balti- a newspaper article. being intended to give the purport of the news of the article and not intended to be an independent assertion of the paper, is not Iibe1ous if it be fair comment upon the body of the article and made with no improper motive.
 A German lieutenant who was sentenced by a court martial in 1S4S to fifteen years' imprisonment made his escape after ten months, and has spent most of the interven- ing time in Australia. He is now seventy three years old and is anxious to return and die in his native land. But the German law does not forget, and notice that the old man is "wanted" by the authorities is out. This is a hard case.
 Recently at woman's rights meeting in London there was particularly vigorous speaker who waved her long arms like the sails of windmill and said: of the women of the country were to rise up in their thou sands and march to the polls should like to know what there is on earth that could stop theml" And in the momentary silence which followed this peroration small voice re- marked, "A mouse!"
 Somebody who is good at guessing esti- mates that among the population of London there are 2, 42S wives who have left their husbands; 2,371 husbands who have left their wives; 4, ,750 divorced persons; 191 ,023 couples that live together in state of inces- sant hostilities; 510,5 couples that are ab- solutely indifferent one to another; 1,050 couples that are apparently happy; 1, 1e2 couples that are happy to certain extent; and of couples that are really happy, 6. If the bill for erecting public buildings in all the towns of the United States in which the postal receipts for the past three years have exceeded $3,000 annually becomes law 151 towns of the State of New York will be entitled to a building at government ex- pense. Of course this does not include those already provided with such buildings AS they are to cost not less than $25, 900 each, l it will require an outlay of at least $2, ,265,- 900 in New York State alone, and total ex. penditure of something like $50, ,000, ,eo0. Herbert Welsh, speaking of the demoral- ization of the Indian service by the removal 1 of faithful officers and the appointment oi unfit men in their places, says the responsi-
 bility is with the President, and the reform must come from him, but he pays no heed te
 their appeals. MT. Welsh says: "It simply | requires the act of the President. It ii
 within his power to perform this work. Al that he has to do is to extend the action O these rules to the Indian service. Itrequire 1 no legislation upon the part of Congress"
 A German doctor has been Investigating
 the size of mems and women's hearts. Tn
 masculine heart weighs more and is large
 than that possessed by the. fair sex. 1
 heart, it would appear, grows most suiokl.