Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 The new slang is, 'rm going down street to give myself to e policeman" Ii is equivalent to "Tm kicking myself"
 In Salem, Massachusetts, the other day when the question of ncsnss or no license was to be settled many children were seen on the streets bearing badges inscribed, 'For my sake vote tNo.'" That's the way the election went.
 In order to try to prevent the spread of diphtheria in the public schools the New York health authorities will ask the board of education that all school books be GOV cred with glazed paper and that the ordi- nary slstes be abolished.
 The bedrooms of several British hotels are now being fitted with automatic gas fires. Visitors may enjoy a warming by placing in the meter by the side of the fire place number of pennies equal to the number of hours for which they wish to have the fire slght.
 The. regular army of China Is said to consist of a23, 900 men. Besides this, the emperor's army, there is 8 national army of $50, 900 men, who are paid about s1 6 month, but In consideration of this mu- nidcence are required to feed themselves. The cavalry receive s 8 month, feed their own horses, and If lost or killed, are re- quired to replace them out of the pay given by the government.
 The city council of Atlanta, Georgia, has paid ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown merit ed compliment by electing him member of the city board of education, with the idea that his name shall appear upon the roll ss long as he lives. He Is in i'll heath and unable to take active part In the man. agement of the schools, but 1t was due to his efforts mainly that the public school system was establishment in the city, and his election Is in grateful acknowledgment; of that fact.
 It appears from Lady Burton's life of her distinguished husband that when he was In the diplomatic service in Indis he grew tired of the society of men and col. leoted about him forty monkeys of all agss, races and species, with whom he dinsd every day. each simisn having his proper chair, plate and food. Sir Richard sat at the head of the table, with pretty little monkey in 8 high baby at his side. He gave each of the animals title, as doc- tor, chaplain, side-de-csmp, secretary.
 The experiment of running the whale back steamer in the ocean passenger carry ing trade Is to be tried on the Pacific coast. One whaleback of 5000 tons capacity, to have accommodations for 200 passengers, is now building, and contracts have been placed for two others. They will run be. tween Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco. The steamers will bs of the same general design ss the big Christopher Columbus. which piled between Chicago and the White City on Lake Michigan all summer, and which looked like a big cigar, with deck-houses, saloons, and cabins perched along its full length on pillars, the water having clear breach under them and over LQ6 DOuy OL luc UOat III uau HcAhAti.
 The Rev. Thomas D. Gulick, now of Rochester, New York, was for several years a pastor in the Sandwich Islands. He thus speaks of the royal family: Kslakaus was not at all of royal blood, but was elected to the throne, and he sp- pointed his sister, Mrs. Dominis, known as Queen Liliuokalsni, to succeed him. They both proved most unworthy sover- eigns. They had no natural right to the throne by blood. King Kalakaus and his sister, though they had both received 6 Christian education from their earliest years. deliberately attempted to lead the people back to their old idolstries. The queen offered living sacrifices to the god dess Pele at the volcano of Kilsuea both before and after her accession to the throne. They both led openly immoral lives, Wilson, the scsndalous parsmour of the queen, being the chief power in the palace.