Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.


result of an advertisement three years ago,
In which architects were invited to send In
designs in competition for substantial
prizss.
There isn't much that Ia new under the
sun, and 1t Is interesting to notice that
some of the preachers of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries could give the sensa-
tional preachers of today points concern
ing titles of sermons. For instance: "Ba-
ruehe's Sore Gently Opened and salve
Skillfully Applied" "The Shutters of d.
vine Love-" ""A Spiritual Mustard Pot to
Make the Soul Sneezs With Devotion" !"
"Crumbs of Comfors for Chickens of
Grace" "a Balance to Weigh Facts In"
"Matohes Lighted at the Divine Fire." etc.
The Massachusetts, Civil Service Reform
league formally dissgrees with Josiah
Quincy by adopting the following resolu-
tions: Resolved, That the Massachusetts,
Civil Service Reform league does not agree
with the position recently taken by Hon.
Josiah Quincy to the effect that 1t Is i'm
practicable, under existing political condi-
tions, to apply the spirit and purpose of
the civil service law to appointments out
side the law; and the league emphatically
reaffrms its belief that tho merit principle
should be observed in all executive appoint
ments.
The Solomons are having poor luck now
adays. Two large and determined families
appeared in New York police court the
other day in a suit over a small dog. The
clover judge, after listening to conflicting
testimony, ordered space cleared in the
court room. One family was placed at one
sine with the other family opposite, and
he chose an attendant policeman, who had
nothing to do with the affair. After sew
eral unsatisfactory tests the judge ad-
journed the case, deciding that the dogs
mitted to settle it.
Ex Senator Ingalls, has q remarkable way
of preparing his speeches, according to
Frederick Haig, formerly his private sec
retary. He fret dictated a rpeeoh very
rapidly. Then he dictated another and al
together new speech on the same subject,
and taking the typewritten copies of both
speeches, he would cut, paste, erase and in
terline until he had made one symmetrical
and harmonious address out of the two
"Upon every page or two," says Mr.. Haig,
"would be interlined one of these striking
sentences which stood forth and com
manded the attention of his audience. His
speeches were models of diotion and su-
perb rhetoric"
Rev. DR.. Meredith, the we'll known
Brooklyn clergyman, tries to cultivate
friendly relations with the younger mem
bers of his flock. In a recent talk to his
Sunday school he urged the children to
speak to him whenever they met him. 81
may not always recognize you," he said,
"but you all know me-" The next day an
extremely dirty-faced urohin, smoking a
cigarette and having generally disreputa-
BILE appearance, sccosted him on the street
with: Glow do, Doci" The doctor stopped
at once, responded cordially and inquired:
"And who are you sirs" "Oh," rejoined
the urchin, lighting another cigarette,
''I'm one of your little lambs, don't you
know. Fine days" and tilting his hat back
on his head he staggered off, leaving the
worthy divine epeechleas with astonish-
ment.
Some notion of the enormous consump-
ton of beer in the civilized countries of the
world may be gained from the fact that
last year no lees than 5000, 600, 900 gallons
of beer were imbibed in Europe alone.
Germany, of course, headed the list Of
consumers with 1,051 100000 gallons.
GreafBritain being good second with 555,
| O00, 900 gallons; third came Austria witt
| 800, 600, 900 gallons, while France and Bel
GUM were bracketed fourth with 800, 600,
| 600 gallons apiece. Denmark "tails" th'
list with miserable 145,OO gallons. O.
extra European countries, the United
States and Canada, of course, come frs
with an annual consumption of 800, ,000, ,00'
gallons, Australia taking second place q
%, SOC, 900 gallons. The above figures, o
course, represent round numbers.
In a recent report the British vice con
eul at Cronstadt dwells at lengsa upon tn
constant impovezishment of the Russia
pesssntry. He says that 1t Is painful
evident that the efforts of the governmen
to amsliorate the condition of the rurs
Glasses by the establishment of peasants
banks, the remission Of arrears, aid
money and grain, and in other ways, hsv
not been attended with SUCCESS. I'll
economic decadenee of the pestAntry ma
be said to have begun with their emancip'
ton, and it has become more sharply o.
centuated since 1891, which was year
widespread famine in Russia, while la
year there was q failure of the crops
most of the districts formerly famous +,
the fertility of the soil and the prosperi
of their population. This decrease in Il
fertility of the land is asoribed to v
struction of the forests, whicn b
seriously affected the climate and t
4 humidity of the soil, while anoth
+ is the primitive system of cul
@ vation which rapidly exhausts t
l. soil. The economic decline of the pei
}, antry is also attributed to the decrease
l. the number of their cattle, for which,
l. pesially during the last two years, tht
has been little fodder In consequence
10 the failure of the grain and hay crops. A
d other cause is the subdivision of land all
ments due to the natural increase of
u population.
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of THE FLEETING SHOW.
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Some of It's Facts and Fancies.