Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
1t costs something to keep the peace. 1t
will take s67, 800 IS to pay the militia men
who were called to Buffalo.
This is such quiet campaign that no.
body knows what to make of 1t. There
is feeling that somebody is going to he
greatly surprised.
An English company is being organized
for the purpose of introducing elephants
into South America. England has a good
many elephants on her hands just now.
The speed of electricity is SO great that
its passage from point to point along q
conducting wire may be regarded as
practically instantaneous. Various at
tempts have been made to measure the rate
at which it travels, and observers, with
delicate Instruments, have affirmed that it
was not less than ia, 900 miles per second
and some place its speed as high as 240, 900
/ miles.
Every citizen of Connecticut, before he
/ can become a voter, has to take this oath:
You solemnly swear that you will be true
to the State of Connecticut, and the con-
stitution and government thereof, as free
and independent State, and to the consa-
tuition of the United States; and whenever
you shall be called to give your vote or suf-
frage touching any matter that concerns
this State or the United States, you will
give Ii as you shall judge will conduce to
the best good of the same, without respect
of persons or favor of any man; 30 help
YOU God" This makes 1t more serious
matter to be voter than some seem to
think.
1t is cranberry picking time on Cape
Cod. Many of the cranberry pickers use
a machine which consists of small box
like arrangement that straps on to the
wrist. At the end are long slender steel
nails like teeth, which shut together, by g
movement of the hands, and the berries
are thus stripped off the vines in much
less time than can be done by hand work
Many growers claim that this Injuries the
vines and some have not allowed the use
of them on their bogs. But the prejudio'
against them seems to be dying out, anc
they are gradually coming into general use
The crops are harvested in much less tim
by the use of them and the pickers earl
more.
They are complaining in New York tina
their public school system isn't what l
ought to be. Judging from some errors Ii
. examination papers it isn't. The wore
Jupiter WAS spelled "Jupeida," "Jupide,
"Judibe," "Jupita," and "Jurpits." TIL
word "luminary" was written 'numinary,
"nummery," "human area" "lummery,
and "lumminery:" The word satellite
, appeared as tsatillite," "settle light, "'se
tlement," "satalite," satalight," ''sattl
. light" "sacalit," and "sattel light
Out of sixteen words to be spelled, OF
! graduate misspelled all, another twelv
y another eight and another seven. Out
:, fourteen words the plurals of which wei
e asked one graduate got only two right. /
4 composition one wrote: 1.-THE cart
!, moves on its axis once every year, whic
:. is the cause of the change of seasons. :.
- When the sun shines 23t degrees over Il
north pole it is colder at the south than
g the north pole" Another wrote: "Ft
:. earth revolves around the sun once In
!, hours. From the north to the south pol
Il once year" Probably these little inacc
:. racies could be matched In New Haven.
& According to writer in the Age
r: Labor but small percentage of the wor
% men of the country is organised, al
W such burdensome conditions surround
er esnization as to make its future, at les
a in Its present shape, somewhat pro
of lematical. or the 100000 railroad el
ID ployees in the United States but 2OO,O
are members of labor societies, thou
Us the greatest effort has been made to indu
tt others to join. Some of the reasons
er given which keep the great body
ne laborers independent of the societi
ar among which are the heavy fees Will
f, membership entails. These are laid for
m. many different purposes that their ags
be gate is grievous burden for q man W
he family to carry. There is also an
Ias Limitation which keeps out a very la
its percentage, while the associaHo
i'll clumsy methods, it Is claimed, put
es. companies entirely on their guard bef
ed the associations can strike a blow-sU
i'd methods not all co nmending organizat
, to non-union men. According to {
do writer, labor In America Is organized o
My greatly inferior basis to that which ?
ow walls in England, and must be reorgani'
md before it will commend itself to the gr
md BODY of our workmen, or will be able
rye make itself "master of the situation"