Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-19
RDITORIAL NOTES,


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 EDITORIAL NOTES.
 The Worlds fair is fast gaining in st- tendance and receipts. There are nearly 100, 900, 900 paid admissions each day now.
 A Japanese editor has been sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay fine for calling the members of the legislature "boneless fish"
 This country has lost enough by exports of gold during the first five months of this year, but 1t has lost more by fires. Sixty two million dollars in gold has gone away and $67, ,ooO, 900 has gone up in smoke.
 A German publishing firm has recently shown itself to be quite abreast of the lat est notion in advertising and also not to be wholly deficient in knowledge of woman nature. After putting novel on the mar ket they had printed in the leading news papers & notice to the effect that 6 certain nobleman of wealth and position wanted a wife who should resemble the heroine in this story, whereupon every msrringeable woman who saw the notice bought the book to see what the woman was like, and the work had an immenee sale.
 It is said that the word "tory" originally meant robber. It comes from the Irish toiridhe, pursuer, sesrcher, hence plundsrer. A tory was at first an Irish robber; the state papers of 15s6 use the word, "tories and other lawless persons" Then the word was transplanted to Eng land, where, after the restoration, the cav alier party became that of the tories, the name being given maliciously, with the in- tention of identifying the court party with the Irish outlaws in its support of Roman Catholic measures. Then, during our rev oluNon, the word was applied to the court party in this country.
 Fire Is often put out by water, but 1t is not often that water causes fire. Two cases in which the usual order was re- versed have, however, happened lately. In one flood caused the water to rise high enough to reach pile of iron filings in a factory. The filings oIidized so rapidly ss to become so intensely heated as to set fire to neighboring woodwork. and the factory was burned to the ground. In the other case, during a fire, water from the engines found its way to a shed containing quick lime. The heat generated by the lime set fire to the shed and the flames spread to other buildings.
 Merchants, attention. Mary Cresger, taken iu Nscy's New York store recently for shoplifting, had an ingenious device for the pursuit of her profession. To all appearance it was a package covered with wrapping paper, tied about with cord and about the size of e package of note paper. In reality 1t was a box with one side open. This she would put down over the article she selected to steal and when she picked 1t up again she had the article along with 1t. She could do this while being waited upon by clerk, but her ina bility to see the hoor-wslker behind her was at last her undoing.
 vegeiarisns will be pleased by Bhst Ernest Hart has to say in the Hospital about the excessive eating of meat. He declares that it Is the chief cause of the ill-temper that characterizss Englishmep, or, to use his own words, 'fs chronic complaint among Britons." 'Tn no other country" says Mir. Hart, ''is home rem dered SO unhappy and life made so mis- ersbls by the III temper of those who are obliged to dine together as in England. I am strongly of opinion that this ill-temper Is caused in great measure by teo abundant meat dietary combined with 6 sedentsry life. In less meat eating France urbsnity is the rule of the home; in fish and rice eating Japan harsh words are unknown and an exquisite politeness to one another prevails even among the children who play together in the streets"
 Next to St. Peter's key, the key pre- scented to Queen Victoria on the ocoasion of the recent opening of the Imperial in- stituts is probably the most interesting and valuable the world has ever heard of. It is piece of exquisite workmanship, but its chief significance arises from the fact that the materials used in 1t came from all parts of the British empire-:he gold for the handle from South Africa, for the stem from British Columbia, for the wreath and leaves of the stem from Victoria, for the bit from Queenslsnd; while the silver came from the Broken Hill mine, the dis monds from Africa, the rubies from Bur nah and the pearls from Ceylcn. On the obverse of the key the main feature Is 6 representation of the Star of India set in very fine brilliants, that in the center be- ing picked stone from the DsBeers mine, ! above the royal coat-of-arms. On the re- verse is the Star of St. Michael and St. George in enamel, get, as 1t very rarely is set, in fine gold with the motto "Auspi- cium melioris evi" pierced out of the solid metal.
 A new reason for a strike has been dis covered in France. In the pleasant Par isian suburb of Suresnes, a certain mum. Der of dyers' workmen struck lately for a twelve-hour day and a eix day week. In this demand there was obviously nothing unreasonable, and the employers at once recognized its moderation. They des. patched to the heads of the Trade Syndi- cate 6 written statement of their accept. ance of the terms laid down, and, quite naturally, wrote the communication on the note-paper of their respective frms. The men on strike at once raised objec. tions to the printed headlines of the let. ters of acceptance, which they decided by some unknown process of reasoning . constituted Ca badge of servitude." Sc obstinate were they in the matter, tha, they declared they would never consent to work under agreements headed witt the name of a master, and demanded that the letters of acceptance Do written on tn, official paper of their Syndicate if tn, employers wished any notice to be taksr of them. According to latest account there was deadlock on this point, ant