Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The killing of "Pinkertons" is not rs
garded as murder in certain quarters, but
it will be interesting to see what the Penn,
sylvania courts have to say about 1t.
The negro is getting some of his rights
even In the South. The largest return OF
jewelry made to the tax assessor by any
private citizen of Atlanta is that of a ne
gro.
The red man is fast becoming civilized.
The red-skinned operatives in the fish can
ming factories of Alaska are out on q
strike, and are acting very much as Or
ganized white labor acts in such an emer-
gency.
The Boston Journal recently published q
letter from someone who wanted to know
how to destroy buffalo bugs. The imme-
diate result Is the recommendation from
four different sources of four infallible
means-salt, kerosene, borsx and turpen-
tine.
The cable rates on Cyrus w. Fields
Atlantic cable were at first one hundred
dollars for the transmission across the
ocean of twenty words, and fifteen dollars
for every additional word. Gable rates are
now twelve cents q word, and the cables
do very profitable business.
Woman Is becoming conspicuous in
music as in other things. A competitive
concert of organ grinders was held the
other day in one of the suburbs of Paris.
It was in q square and forty organs were
entered in the contest. After the trial
they marched in procession. Every grind
er got francs and the winner had IS. A
woman won it.
Free trade England's balance of trade,
for fifteen years up to and including 1890,
was S7.775. 900, 900 against her. She paid
away that amount of money to other ma
tions for what she bought from them.
During the same period, under protection,
the balance of trade of the United States
was 81 ,650, 900, 900 in our favor, other
countries paying US that amount for what
they bought from us in excess of what we
bought from them. That tells the story.
The Homestead trouble will cost the
State of Pennsylvania about sci 900 day
as long as the national guard re-
mains on duty. The major general gets
s25 a day; brigadier general, sl5; a
colonel, $12; lieutenant colonel, s10.33
major, 81; captain, s5, and so on down to
the re-enlisted men and privates, who re-
ceive respectively s1.75 and $50 per day.
To all of which are to be added expenses
for horse hire, subsistence and quarter
masters supplies.
People who live in Russia are carefully
looked after by the police. One of the reg
ulations of the Russian police refers to the
censorship of price lists of goods, notes of
Invitation to parties and personal visiting
cards; also for the censorship of seals, rub
Der stamps and business cards of individ
usls or corporations. Another order reg
ulates the sale of soap, starch, tooth
brushes and insect powder, and another
controls the printing on the paper used in
making cigarettes.
A new political force appeared in Eng
land during the recent elections. The
Bicyclist Touring club, which numbers
20, 900 members, with officers in every
town and village, put forth strenuous
efforts to obtain from each parliamentary
candidate pledge to vote in favor of max
ing the carrying of lights by all vehicles
at night compulsory. Many a close con-
test was decided on this point, for there
are half a million riders of bicycles in the
United Kingdom, and Lord Albemsrle has
undertaken to raise the question in the
House of Lords.