Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A Georgia negro who breaches recently se lected this text: "Be ye therefore wise as ser pents and harmless as doves," and then be- gan: "Well, bredderin, in order that we may all know what we are talkin' about, will jes drap de word serpint and say snakes. You has all seen snake when he didn't want to hear nothing. He jes puts one ear right down on de ground and sticKs he tail in de odder."
 The future movements of President Cleve- land are definitely settled as follows by the Washington correspondents: At the close of his term he will make a visit of few weeks in Buffalo, and will then make his permanent residence in Georgetown, the pretty suburb of Washington. Oak View is too far out in the country and will be sold. Mrs. Cleveland is already making her domestic arrangements for the change.
 Recent investigations by experts in rail- road building are said to doom the iron bridge Wood has been rejected for years, except for temporary treetle work; iron took it's place, but the weight of locomotives has so greatly incress l and the expense of in spection and rep,ir is such that from consid- erations of safety as we'll as maintenance, the stone bridge is preferred. Brick or stone arches will cost more than iron trusses, but more reliance can be placed on them.
 The principality of Liechenstein, which Prince John II. offered as refuge to the Pope in case the latter should abandon Rome, is semi-independent mountainous territory r-: 1 kLo kAo of Grisons. It covers about ninety square miles and has 6 population of little under 10, ,000. Liechenstein boasts an army of fifty men, which was mobilized in the war of 1866, and it is standing joke among Austrian officers that the principality is still at war with Prussia, as that kingdom forgot to conclude 8 separate peace with Liechenstein when il signed the peace of Prague with Austria. Contractors have agreed and given satisfac- tory bonds to clean the eight hundred miles of streets of Philadelphia for the next twelve months and to take up and carry away all the aches and garbage supplied by the 160,00C dwellings in the city for the same time fol the sum of $425, ,942. For similar work the city of Boston expends annually about $480, | 900 on less than half that number of miles l of streets and far smaller list of dwellings For similar service New York city appropri' ated $1, ,272 ,000 for single year with les' number of streets to clean and smaller number of houses to care for.
 | Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, Ii
 suggested for place in President Harrison' Cabinet. The Freeman thus urges th,
 claim: At no time since the negro became citizen has his vote been held 30 importan ! as it is to-day. Upon the actions of the in
 coming administration will depend the con
 dition of the negro votes in 1899. If tn
 Republicans face the country four year
 hence with 8 record of broken promises an,
 thrilled obligations, it will not be so easy t
 explain away the neglect as it has been il the past, and it will be futile to prevent a,
 irreparable break in the ranks. The co1ore
 man expects great things of this new regime
 and it will not be we'll to dissppoint him. The British government now pays more al tention te the will of it's Australian colonie
 than 1t did hundred years ago to the will c it's American colonies. The people of Queens
 land objected to the appointment of Henr
 F. Blake as their governor. He was an o1
 noxious parsonage to them. The home gov ernment maintained it's ground and refuse to revoke the appointment The Queenl flanders demonstrated with increasing vehen