Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-10-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

sideration of all who are either honestly or
hypocritically trying to change folks.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
"The melancholy days" may be coming,
but there were no signs of them yestsr-
day.
If you want to speculate without much
rick become a clam opener. A man went
into New York market the other day
for a small measure of CLAIMS, and, every
body being busy, he undertook to open
them himself. Result: He found pearl
for which he has been offered $75, but he
refused the offer, as he expects to- get twice
that.
A receptacle for cinerary urns has been
erected in Kensal Green cemetery, Lon.
don. 1t is handsome structure of Caen
stone, decorated with Sienna and rouge
royal marble. 1t is about eight feet high,
and affords place for the reception of
fortytwo urns. The compartments for
the urns are fitted with plate glass doors,
and are arranged in tiers very much like
the safes in safe deposit vault.
John Fiske is perhaps as good an
authority concerning tbs truth about Co.
lumbus as any man in this country. He
acquits him of the charge of piracy, sizes
him up as great seaman, magni6cently
courageous, religious, too, after the man
ner of the time, but sharing its moral
obtuseness and "about half way between
the saint some people would have him and
the unprincipled adventurer others believe
him to have been"
The German military authorities don't
omit anything that they think will add to
the efficiency of the army. The latest is
that each of the sixteen army corps is to
detail number of officers and privates for
service as interpreters, and these are to
pursue studies in foreign languages, those
on the eastern border in Russian and Polish,
those on the western border in French. A
money appropriation has been made for
this purpose and there will be an examina-
ton every year.
DR.. Van Eeden, a distinguished foreign
has observed that the greatest
hypnotizers are mothers. They largely
rule their children by pure suggestion. A
baby suffers pain, is fractions. The
mother soothes it with her hand, sings to
it and rocks it; the touch, the voice and
the movement bring the child more thor
oughly under maternal influence; the sug-
gestion is received, and the child responds
to it, dozes off, is soothed. A child hurts
itself and cries, but the mothers touch and
soothing voice calm the pain.
The longest horse railroad in the world
runs from Buenos Ayres to San Martin in
the Argentine republic, the distance being
about fifty miles and the schedule time of
the trip thirteen hours. Trains leave Bue-
nos Ayres every hour in the day and twice
during the night. Every morning and
evening express trains leave, carrying only
baggage. The night passengers are fur
nished narrow little hunks, where they
may snooze the long hours away If the
train does not run off the track too often.
When such an accident occurs the passen-
gers are expected to turn out and help lift
the cars back on.
Mrs. John A. Logan, who was originally
in favor of kesping the worlds fair closed
on Sunday, has changed her mind, and is
now in favor of allowing the gates to re-
main open on that day, providing the ma
chinery be shut down. Mrs. Logan ex-
plains her change of opinion by saying
that she was originally put on record at
woman's meeting where she voted on the
question as put by Mrs. Lucas: "All who
are against dishonoring the Sabbath say
ave." OF course she said "aye," and would
again to the same proposition. She has
come to the conclusion, however, after
further investigation, that the Sabbath
would not be dishonored by keeping the
worlds fair open on that day.
Mississippi could make but poor de-
fence if invaded, the total strength of her
national guard not exceeding IT'S men.
The State Is credited at the War depart
ment with the sum of $4,000 for arms,
equipments, uniforms, etc., but it cannot
be drawn until the Guard numbers 900
men. The action of the last legislature In
ignoring the requirements of the new con-
stitution with regard to suitable provision
for the State militia explains the disor-
eanization into which it has fallen Ad-
| jutant General Henry has issued an earnest
| appeal for re -enlistments. TheState press
is pointing out the gravity of the situation.
An emergency like that which confronted
| Governor Buchanan in Tennessee during
the miners' riots would find Mississippi
totally unprepared to maintain order.
| Able Liszt's first concert program, when
he was only nine years old, has been dis.
covered. It bears date of 1920. The per.
formance was given in Oldenburg. The
announcement ended with a notable ap
peal 'To the nobility, the military, and tn.
estimable public" 1t ran, IT am Hun
garian, and do not know greater hap
piness than to offer devotedly to my dea,
country, before my departure for France
and England, the first fruits of my edu
cation and instruction. That which lacl
in maturity and experience I wish Il
acquire by incessant work, which may
perhaps one day procure me the immens'
pleasure of figuring among the oelebritie.
of this great country" 1t was partl,
owing to this patriotic expression perhaps
that directly after the concert several Hun
garian noblemen subscribed the fund
necessary for Lisst's studies for SOM
years.