Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Some Indian names are rather pictur esque. Hard Hearing Fool is the name O, one of the Sioux Indians.
 A single mahogany tree in Honduras was
 recently cut up into boards, which, when sold in the European market, realized ne ar 1y s11, ,000.
 Dvorak, the composer, thinks everybody should learn to play some sort of musical instrument. Dvorak ought to have to work awhile in a newspaper office sur rounded by players on various musical in struments.
 Charles N. Sheppard, of Sunni ierfeld, South Carolina, enjoys the distin': :tion of growing the first really marketable tes ever produced in America, forty pounds of leaves grown on his farm having been tested in Baltimore few days ago and pro- nounced equal to the best English break fast tea and better than many grades that come from India and China.
 It is catching. A worlds fair is planned for 1894 in Antwerp. Among the projects is street about 2,0O0 feet in length, built In the style of the sixteenth century. A splendid succession of evening entertain ments Is planned, consisting of brilliant pallets, series of tableaux, scenes from the passion of Christ, Flemish folk dances, journeys and fireworks.
 z The new governor of Kansas, Lewelling, the Populist, lives in g very shabby look ing house on the outskirts of Wichita. That he deserves better abiding place ia indicated by his remarks, as follows: sI would live In better place If my means were such that felt able to, and have no ill-will toward people who do live in fine houses. The fellows wanted to take pict- ure of this place to use in the late cam paign and make great showing of my poverty, but refused to use my private affairs to get votes."
 The "rnissing word' busir.ess has re- ceived check in England. The English newspapers which have gone into this business so extensively have maintained that it was not gambling to publish short sentence with the last word missing, in viting everybody to guess the missing word at shilling guess, and turning over the proceeds to those who guessed right. The opponents of gambling thought otherwise, and the courts have sustained their view by imposing fine on one of the newspapers carrying on the business. 
 Mir. George A. Kellogg, 8 young lawyer of Rockville, is o candidate for the assist ant clerkship of the house. He has made strong support. The Hartford, Holland and Windhsm county representatives are said to be for him, and he is finding favor all over the Stata.. He is in every way well fitted for the place. He is graduate of Amherst and the Yale Law school, and is we'll known in this oity, having been for awhile after graduating from the law school in the office of Attorney Arvine. He is young man of fine character, has 8 good voice, and would be very competent and useful in the office which he is seek ing.
 The production of sugar in the Spanish West Indies has increased during the past two years 200. 900 tons, largely on account of the eintroduction of American machinery. Since reciprocity went into effect the for eign trade of these islands with the United States has increased from $SS, ,408, ,49S to $114, ,266, ,29S, and the increase of imports from the United States has been over $9, 500, 900. The merchants of Havana do not means. They feel that Cuba has been res- cued from total collapse by its deliverance from the Spanish grip. New life has been given to every kind of business, and the revival is certain to increase very greatly the trade with this country.
 Money doesn't always bring happiness. Mme. Boudin, cook of Soissons, won a prize of 200, ,000 francs in connection with the City of Paris Loan in 1883, and has had nothing but trouble since. Her hus- band, who had previously deserted her, tried to avail himself of the deficiencies of French law, which does not recognize very definitely @ married womsn's right to hold
 property, to obtain possession of the en- ! tire amount for his sole benefit. Then NJ. Dogny, a former employer of Mime.
 Boudin's, claimed the prize on the allega-
 ton that he bought the ticket for the cook
 with one for himself and his wife gave up
 the wrong ticket. After much litigation
 the woman's husband died and his heirs agreed to accept half the prize in settle
 ment. M. Dogny compromised his claim for 0,OO0 francs. This left Mime. Boudin
 but 70, 1000 francs. Now Dogny has been
 arrested, charged with making fraudulent claim, and a lawyer is being prosecuted for
 embedding 15.000 francs of the share
 awarded to the heirs of the woman's hus-