The critic., 1890-12-27
PRESS CREAM.

Naval men are quite delighted with project
for building ship shaped like cigar. \ plan
TO build companion ship on the model of
champagnc-hottc would move naval circles o.
fairly cCstatic apprOval.-tHlcdlO NeicS.
II anybody IL to poke fan nt purtanical Bos.
ton and New England, Mr. Dcpewis the man to
do It. His jibcs make more smiles than heart.
burnings, BoStOE HeTdid.
Senator Farwcll believes that Illinois wants
q new and bigger Pre- .idcnt ~ the United
states" That conclusion l. certainly iustihed
by the plurality of over 3DeOJ for John VI.
Famer.-St. LOUls EepUb'jc.
If there Is room for any more holes in the
Bottom OF the Treasury the ship-subsidy crowd
will make big ono for Themselves COrisr
JCnrHd.
There is nothing like free comminglng of
the sons OF the Puritan and OF the cavalier ~
nm nntidote to the curse OF stctionalism.-
IHiidd6lphld Times.
French Cardinals are discussing the successor
of Pope Leo. Have the French Cardinals heard
OF Burrows of Ncbraska?- OHdbd be.
The pension shark has his teeth deep in the
veterans shattered leg Com WisyyouRd!
The phagocytc II the enemy of the bacillus.
The future OF preventive medicine lies ~ the
education OF the phagocytc.-N 10N IHisS'
"Ilow many colored men has Granny lioar
recommended for appointment 10 offices or
trust and prOnt!" pOintcdly inquiries the At
lanta Constitution. Mr.. llOar is too busy to
answer any such trivial questions. II he can
pass the Force hill he will create heaps OF new
offices. and the negroes will get u few OF them
in regions where there are no white Republi-
cans,-NeiC York Telegram.
II should be remembered that tho man to
whom We are indebted for the brutal phrase,
"rhc only good Indian il q dead INDIAN was
also the author OF the terrible sentence TO the
efect that he would so devastatc the Valley OF
Nirglnia--one OF the garden spots OF the
wOrd-that crow in flying over II would have
TO carry its rations along to sustain life.-RIch-
mona Times.
President Harrison deserves hearty praise
for the appointment to the Supreme Bench
which he made yesterday. Henry B. Browns
name II not one familiar TO the country, but he
IL o man who has demonstrated his entire
fitness for service in the highest Federal court
by an excellent record In q subordinate court
as Judge OF the United States District Court
for Eastern Michigan during the past fifteen
years, having previously been United States
District Attornoy.-NeW York Eceninq Post.
In the North II IL not uncommon for juries
10 acquit men who kill persons guilty OF de-
stroyfng their domestic happiness, but the cx
clisc of sef-defensc or "temporary insanity" II
usually made for verdict contrary to the letter
OF The law and the evidence They are NOR,
frank in the South. At fernando, Miss, I
lawyer recently killed another attorney for. aI
offensc involving the slayers Wife The grant
Jury simply refused 10 find an Indictment OF
the ground that the deed was that OF an hon
orable man who did Just what any sane ant
high-mindcd person would have done unde
like circumstance IL IL easy enough to un
dcrstand and sympathiZe with this sort o
action, but 10 be entirely consistent with pub
lie opinion the Mississippi Legislature ough
10 pass n law giving any citizen power to taxi
vengeance upon an invader OF his home Int
his own hands, clersldid Leader.