Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-23

Was - NAVY
session of the British parliament to put re-
straint on improvldent marriages, the great
proportion of such marriages being made by
those under twenty years of age.
One of the most notable facts of its kind is
the almost total extinction of the American
buffalo. Only twenty years ago,i is estimat-
ed, nearly 5000, 900 of these animals roamed
the fields and mountains of the West. The
Smithsonian Institution at Washington has
lately been collecting statistics regarding the
survivors It's figures show that the buffaloes
have almost entirely disappeared. Less than
500 now exist. Most of these animals are in
captivity, 200 being under the protection OF
the government in Yellowstone Park, and S5
are known to be wild.
It appears that Mr.. Clement Garnett
Morgan, who has been chosen class day ora
tor at Harvard from the largest GLASS that
has ever entered upon its senior year there, is
| not the first colored student who has earned
| and received notable honors at the hands of
| that institution. Mr.. Richard Theodore
| Greener, who has since his graduation dis
tinRuished himself in the cause of education
as we'll as In politics, received the first
Boylston prize for oratoIy at Harvard a few
years ago, and was accorded high rank
in his class besides.
If corporations have no souls there is oe'
casionally one which gives fair imitation Of
q soul. The Northern Pacific railroad com
pany has granted unlimited leave of alb
ssnce with full payment of his salary oi
"a, 600 year and with the privilege OF doing
as much or as little work as he pleases" t.
Samuel Wilkeson, who has been secretary O.
that company for twenty-one years. Mr.
| Wilkeson was formerly q newspaper man
and his case gives lay of hope to the news
paper men who have worked twenty-on
years without leave of absence.
The loss to California by forest fires thi
year are estimated at $25, 900. 900 in the valu
of the timber destroyed, while the deferest
ing of the mountains works great harm
the agricultural interests. The responsible
ty for these terrible confagrations is place
upon the sheep herders. The States ofici'
foresters, and the mountaineers, who live
the high forests, affirm it. The herdel
drive their sheep upon land that does not b.
long to them. They eat feed that is not pal
for, and requite the service by burnir
down the forests through which they pa
and in which they pasture their stock. II
!. press of the State is naturally making lou
demand that this wanton destruction OF pro
erty shall be stopped.
It is not always safe to appeal to hum'
feelings as illustrating the attitude OF dt
toward men. It is related that home mi
sionary was preaching to-a frontier audien
on the prodigal son. After he had describ
the condition Of the son in rags among t
swine, and had started him on his return,
he began to speak of the father coming
meet him, and ordering the fatted calf to
killed in honor Of the prodigal's return,
noticed cowboy looking interested, and
determined to make personal appe
Locking directly at his hearer, the preacl
said: "My friend, what would you hs
done If you had had son returning no
in such a plighta" s'I'd have shot the
and raised the calf" was the prompt rep
There is no fun in being the Czar of all
Russias in these days, as is shown by the r
formanses during his visit to Berlin.
Russian embassy in which he slept was fo
fed before his arrival. Then six workm
specially attached to his suite, went all Q
. the building examining walls and floors
n sec that there was no dynamite hidden
no opportunity for the introduction Of
v. Then the tops of the chimneys were cove
by heavy iron gratings to prevent the pc
bility Of dynamite being dropped down