Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-25
EDIVufxIAL NOTES.


The Boston school committee has ordered
that "the training of pupils in good manners
be provided for in the course of study" It
will be interesting to sec how this order is
carried out.
General Butler 10 man of much method
in some things. He has in his possession a
copy of every important letter written by
him and to him through whole generation
of thirty years.
An accomplished and beautiful young wo-
man in western New York has gone crazy
because publisher refused the manuscript of
novel she had written. That publisher
knows his business.
When the Connecticut Western railroad
was built iron rails were laid and they cost
500 ton. To-day steel rails can be bought
for $50 to $50 ton. The iron rail lasts but
a little time; the steel rail is almost imper-
ishable, and it costs but one third what the
iron one used to cost. Says the Hartford
Courant: Let as proceed to anathematize
the tariff under whose iniquiteus burden this
reduction has come about.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the Scan.
dinsvians are rapidly leaving the Mormon
church. The Scandinavian Methodists and
Lutherans are the cause of it. For two
years or SO they have worked quietly, but
most effestually among the Scandinavian
saints and have cut swath after swath in the
ranks of the church. At the rate they have
been holding revivals and gatherings in the
harvest from the Mormon fields, there will
only be corporal's guard of Scandinavians
left in Salt Lake Israel by another year.
They are being converted faster to Christian
ity than the elders can send over fresh sup
plies, and when once converted from Nor.
monism make excellent citizens.
A sohoolboy in England hit upon a novel
plan of obtaining the answer to an arithme-
teal problem. He dropped into grocer'f
shop on his way to school and said he want.
ed certain commodities at certain prices
After exhausting his list, he said: "Now, Il
give you half q sovereign, what change
| shall get backs" The grocer told him
whereupon he thanked the shopman and
turned to 60. "Wait for the things" CALLED
the grocer, and his disgust can be imagined
when the ingenious urehin told him he wa
too late for school, and, as he had not learn
ed his arithmetic lesson, he had adopted
that method of getting the sum worked TO
him.
Among the most important things done q
the forestry convention was the passing o
resolutions petitioning congress to provid
for the withdrawal from sale of governmen
forest lands until commission, to be ap
pointed by the president, shall determin
what regions shall be kept permanently un
disturbed by the woodman's axs This com
mittee also would be expected to provide
plan for national forestry system. Th
resolutions met with warm opposition be
cause of their socialistic tendency, but afts
Richard J. Hinton had shown the impossi
bility of adequate private or state control 9
far-reaohing water sheds and mountai
forests bordering rivers of great length. COZ
ourrence was not difficult.
Snake stories are not 80 common this yes
as usual, but it is related that there has bee
discovered In the forests of India stranp
plant, which possesses to very high degre
astonishing magnetic power. The han
which breaks q leaf from 1t receives In
mediately shock equal to that which is pr,
duced by the conductor of an induction col
At distance of six metres magnetic need
Is affected by it, and 1t will be quite deranI
ed if brought near. The energy Of th
singular influence varies with the hours
the day. All powerful about Q O'Clock
the afternoon, 1t is absolutely annulled iu
ing the night. At times Of storm it's inte
sity augments to striking proportions. Du