Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 The latest case of death from the cigar cite habit is reported from Philadelphia, The victim was boy of only fifteen, and the coroner's jury rendered verdict that his death was the result of excessive cigar ette-smoking.
 J. Eliuar Mira Mitta is the fantastic name of Philadelphia woman who is worshipped by 8 queer sect called the Congregation of the Lord" Many people think that the wo- man is crazy; but the Philadelphia papers deny it on the ground that she refuses to drink the Schuykill river water until it is boiled.
 The Boston school committee have granted the request of a number of residents of Dor- chester that the national flag be displayed daily on the high school building in that district The Boston Herald rather objects to this and asks if the flag is to float daily from one school house, why not from all and from other public buildings as wella
 A curious scheme is on foot in South Da- kota. A corporation has been organized with a capital of $1 1000, ,0O0 to control the loca- tion of the capital. The shares are to be oi $1O each, and are to be sold to the voters. When all the stock is taken the company will buy a large tract of land in or near a city having @ good prospect of securing the capi- tai. Then the stockholders will be informed of this action, and the latter will work and vote for the designated city.
 The two Hartford representatives of Illin ois Central stockholders, F. B. Cooley an6 0. E. Harve, made things lively at the an nual meeting of the company at Chicago this week. They succeeded in securing the pas sage of resolution that no extension of ths lines of the company, either by lease, con- solidation or building of new mileage. bs made until the matter had first been sub mitted to stockholders for approval. Thei example is good one for stockholders il other railroads to follow. The Chattanooga Ga. News has the fellow 1 ing conundrum for it's readers: Mack Car ter, son of Bill Garter, married Tuck Phil | lips daughter and Tuck Phillips married ! Bill Carter's daughter, and Bill Carter mar ried Tuck Phillips daughter. Bill Carte | is, therefore, Tuck Phillips son-in-law ans l and father-in-law and Tuck Phillips is hi | father-in-law's sons father-in-law, whil Bill Carter's sons wife is his father-in-law' daughter. Now, if Tuck Phillips has daughter born to him she will be Bill Car ter's father-in-law's child, and at the sam time his son-in-lsw's child. But the impof l sible thing to tell is what relationship woui exist between the respective children of th three couples in case they have childreI Can anyone tella
 The London Times was hoaxed a centur ago nearly as badly as in the present instant by 8 clever gang of forgers, who got up bt gus edition of the French paper L'Eclair, that time recognized as an authority ups matters of international news. The pap contained what purported to be the text of treaty of peace between the French republ and the Emperor of Austria. A copy VI got into the hands of the correspondent of u 1 Times at Dover, and from him went to Lol
 don, where the alleged treaty was publish'
 in the Times, and such good and unexpect' news that the stock market went up with
 rush. It was several days before it was dl covered that the paper was forged editis
 and had been gotton up by London specul
 tors to bring about a boom in stocks.
 The founding of an industrial school ? girls by Banker Anthony J. Drexel of Phi kdelphia itly supplements the similar ins