Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is announced in the Pall Mall Gazette that the authorities of Eton and Harrow have given instructions that the pupils In these great public schools shall not wear russet shoes with their ordinary attire, as they do not consider them becoming or digniAed habi- liments.
 The voters will do we'll to keep at least one eye on the main question to be decided next Monday and not allow their attention to be distracted by talk made for the sole pur- pose of causing such distractions. Msssrs. Avis, Howarth and Adler are good men to vote for, and their election will be good thing for tho schools.
 The longest horse car line in the world will connect Buenos Ayres with the outlying towns, and. when completed will extend ever two hundred miles. The rolling stock con- sists of five sleeping oars eighteen feet long each with six beds. which in the day time arc rolled back to form seats; four two- storied carriages, twenty platform carriages, six ice wagons, four cattle trucks and 200 goods vans.
 Ou6 uuuuIou y0uEb uSO tuo a0thO1At1Cb O1 Paris were doing their best to prevent the sale of melons, ice and oysters, on the ground that they were injurious to the system and Unworthy to enter the human body" The good old French folks evidently did not dream of the time when people would eagerly give 8 francs per dozen for natives and foe would be 50 extensively used that It's manufacture became 0 most extensive industry.
 Miss Mary Alexander of Philadelphia has, I it is said, the best record ever made by man or woman in the examinations before the civil service commission for oertifoation to the executive departments in Washington for appointment. Her percentage is 94 out of a possible 100, which is two points higher than any ono else's mark. Nevertheless Miss Alexander hasn't received an appointments though her name has stood at head of the eligible list since last spring.
 Speaking of London, Cardinal Manning
 says: "There are four millions of living and dying and dead souls. And if every church
 or chapel or place of worship of every sort
 and kind were filled three times to the full
 on every Lords day, they could not contain more than about 1,5oe,0oo. There must be
 therefore, 2, ,50o, ,00o who never can physical
 ly set their feet in any place of Divine wor.
 ship or any place where the name and
 existence of God are recognized"
 Says correspondent, speaking of President Carnot. of France: He is dressed with notable
 care. Good taste as we'll as good tailoring
 oharaoterizes his shapely figure. The shor
 coat iaeloses 8 slim but compact figure. Hi legs, as he strides spirited horse. are thos'
 of a man of quick and easy digestion; ther'
 is no suggestion of gout in the calves. Hi
 face is study in black and white. The skin
 is pale, almsst transparent. The beard ant
 meustache, both carefully trimmed, ,are even
 The nose, slightly aquiline, would be Roman but for 6 decided Jewish cast which mark the entire countenance.
 11 The constitutional convention would no recognize the claims of the women of Wash ington territory to suffrage, but the wome of the Equal Suffrage league are determine 3 to vote at the coming state election. The e will establish polling places and provide ba lot boxes of their own, keep correct record r of the votes cast, and if the election judge n refuse to receive their ballots, the wome will contest the case before the returnir
 boards, and before the United States supren