Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-27


melon is all right. 1t is added that ''in
watermelons, good one, when pressed
near the center, should yield, and the in
dentation should disappear when the finger
is removed. If no indent can be made the
melon is green. If it remains, it is over
ripe"
The census man who was assigned the
enumeration of the Sea Island coast of
South Carolina made q remarkable dis
covery Hawaii Island, some miles down
the coast, is owned by two of the families
of ante-bellum Sea Island barons. The
enumerator, to his surprise, found there
a black colony of about one hundred and
fifty souls, and struck a region, the only
one in the world, in which all the inhab-
itants were English speaking, reading and
writing negroes. Every negro he met
could read and write. Every child of
suitable age could also read and write,
and the women were just as intelligent as
the men. All were prospering under the
wise rule of mulatto cacique named
Quash Stephens, whose wife was response
BILE for the education of the people.
1t is not often that the Albany Law
Journal finds fault with the administration
of the law, but case has arisen in which
it feels obliged to-. In this case Massa
chusetts court refused custody of his chill
dren, four and five years of age, to the
father, man of fortune and for many
years clergyman of good standing, who
had obtained divorce on the ground of
bigamy and adultery committed by his
wife. The Albany Law Journal thereupon
expresses its mind as follows: We do not
hesitate to declare that this is one of the
most absurd, inhuman and immoral decis-
| ions ever made. The Court confides the
charge of these children to this wicked and
| shameless woman, and intrusts her with
their intellectual and moral training, to
the exclusion of their reputable and worthy
| father. Such decision is well calculated
to make men curse courts and law, and
judges and lawyers. We do not mind say
| ing that if those children were ours we
would have them, even if we had to steal
them. There are some things that are not
law, no matter how much courts may say
they are. This is one of them.
All eyes will be upon the Senate when it
acts upon. the sugar section of the tariff
bill. The New York Tribune thus de-
scribes the situation: The Sugar trust is
expected to have the almost unanimous
support of the Democratic senators in its
struggle against the removal of duties
from the lower grades of refined sugar.
How some Republican senators of the
side of the trust, and to favor the reten-
ton of duties on sugar from No. 13 to No.
16 in color, has been mystery to Repub-
lican voters throughout the country, who
are glad to hear that Senator Allison re-
fuses to assent, and will dispute the mat
require vote thereon in open senate. The
issue appears exceedingly simple. Re,
moval of duties on raw sugar would not
benefit consumers to the full extent de-
sired, but would simply put additional
millions into the pockets of refiners, il the
trust could fix at pleasure the selling price
of all grades of refined sugar. Senators
who vote to take off the duty from the
lower grades are voting to give the con
sumers the full benefit ofskhe reduction OF
duty. The fact that the fight on behalf OF
the trust has been made conspicuously by
the so-called independent refiners is sig.
nifcant. 1t suggests that they would not
find it hard to divide the plunder with the
trust, if consumers could be forced to pay
an unreasonable price for all refined sugar.