Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-01
EDlTOKIAL NOTES.

During the recent VISIT OF the Czar 10 Ber-
lin Prince Bismarck went to a performance
at the opera for the second time in twenty
four years. Both visits were of purely for
NAL character. The Chancellor makes no
secret of his distaste for operatio music, and
once told his late private secretary, Won
to good hurdy-gurdy than the finest tenors
and sopranos in the world.
Typhoid fever is particularly prominent In
Paris in the Seventh arrondisemsnt, although
this ward contains the fne streets and
splendid spaces of the fashionable Faubourg
Saint German. The death rate from this
cause is attributed to the numerous barracks
and military institutions, such as the Higher
School of War, which are to be found in the
district. Strangely enough, the Twentieth
ward, which ia the poorest In the capital, is
tolsrably free from the malady.
We may yet have eur gas in chunks. A
man at Anderson, Indiana, has patented
process for oondensing natural gas into solid
matter which is not dangerous to handle, and
which rapidly volatilizes into gas a. II Is
wanted. The Standard Oil company has Its
eye on the process, and has made the inven-
tor very liberal propositions for Its use, if it
proves practicable. He claims that with q
ten.herse power engine he can condense
enough gas in one day to supply city of
ffty thousand inhabitants for twenty-four
hours.
Rsmarking on the success Of the reformed
ballot system In Montana, the Portland Ore
gonian says: The social conditions In Non-
tana were O. unfavorable to the test as the
political circumstances. The population Is
sparse, the polling places often remote, and
the people nnsehooled in the habits and
practices Of of political life. That the sys-
tem should have worked to the general salts
faction of both parties under those circum-
stances is remarkable, and yet this seems to
be precisely the case.
The farmers are trying to look out for
themselves in these days of trusts and other
combinations. Since last May "a, 900 Miohi-
gan farmers have joined the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and the order is increasing very raps
idly. The Patrons threaten to make then-
selves felt In politics and to spread their Or
der all over the country. One Of their
methods of helping themselves is to make
contracts with certain dealers to purchase
only from thsA on condition that they shall
not be charged ever IL per cent. advance on
Wholesale prices.
A Minneapolis man has prepared plans fol
Q tower that beats Eifel out of sight. The
| design, says Minneapolis paper, csnten.
plates . pyramid Of granite, each side oi
whose base is to be 1890 feet long, and
! whose summit will b. 100 feet square and
1000 feet above the ground. tths extreme
| top will be placed Goddess Of Liberty 2oe
feet high, making the total height 200 feet
At each corner 10 to he q tower 100 feet high
surmouAtsd by status of Columbus, Wash
ington, the President and some other promi
nent men in the nations history. The Min
nsarolis man estimates the cost of this worl
at only ~, ,oo0, 900.
-Tammany Hall is said to have assessed
its candidates for register, Judge OF the sour
of common pleas and judge Of the court O
general sessions $4,000 eaeh; its candidates
for Judge Of the city court 81, 900 each, ant
other candidates smaller amounts, fer "pslit
ical expenses" in the canvass for their cleo
tion. This is In accordance with . long
standing practice Of the organization, and /
has also been customary to require the can
didatss for the Legislature and the board o
aldermen, a. well as those for congress, t