Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-31
ERITnKIAL N0TES.

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 MT. David Dudley Fields declaration that there Is no country in the world calling itself civilized where it takes 50 long to punish criminal and 50 many years to get a final de- oision between man and man as is the case in the United States is attracting attention. It ought to.
 The New York Voice Is a good deal dis oouraged by the apostacy of James A. Brad ley of Asbury Park. It is the belief of the Voice that the Powers of Darkness are chuck ling with fendish glee at Bradley's simplicity. "Onee show yourself willing to compromise with the devil" it admonishes him, land he will fix an inclined plane to bring you down l to his level with neatness and dispatch" There is a streak of bad feeling in the South just now. The New Orleans Picayune contributes to 1t as follows: Every advan- | tage and opportunity accorded the nego in ! the South counts for nothing with the fans- | tics. They made war, not to free the ne- | groes, but to break down tho southern peo- pie. They now continue the policy of war | and hate in order to humiliate the South l with negro domination. It is for this that their holy indignation is aroused at the sight | of the Jim Crow cars.
 Moberly, Missouri, has attracted attention
 to itself by it's way of dealing with the tramp question. Four were recently arrested fol
 vagrancy, their sale was legally advertised te
 take place from the court house steps, where
 they were actually auctioned off to the high. est bidder. The sale showed that tramI
 has no recognized market value. Two oi | them were bid off at $e head; the third
 found himself the property of farmer fol
 seventy-fve cents, and the fourth called out
 no bids and he was returned to jail Int
 three who were sold must serve their buyer
 four months.
 A Philadelphia man has made an interest
 ing suggestion to the postmaster general. I
 is to the effect that the government issue [
 business mans postage stamp, which will b.
 large enough to allow business firms to hav'
 their names and addresses printed on it. Say
 Ar. Paxson: They would of course be printed
 by the government, and purchasers would order them by the thousand, the governmen
 printing the card or leaving 1t blank, as tn
 purchaser might desire, in case of tho govern
 ment printing the card the purchaser to hay the privilege of selecting the type. The gov ernment could sell them for 5O cents hun dred, say, over the regular price, but even a ! cents apiece for the cent stamps l thinl !, they would meet everywhere with more favo : than the stamped envelopes.
 The jade producing country, according to [ recent official report on Burmah,is partly en closed by the Chindwin and Uru rivers an ] lies between the 25th and 26th parallels ( latitude. The most celebrated of all jade d.
 posits is reported to be in the Myadaung di' trict. The largest quarries now being worke }. are situated in the country of the Merip K'
 chins. The largest mine is about 50 yare q long, 40 broad and 20 deep. The season ft } jade operations begins in November and las F till May. In February and March, when Il {. floor of the pit can be kept dry for fe
 hours by baling, immense fires are lighted
 1.-the base of the stone. A careful watch