Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-13

EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
 Among the sufferers from the hard times in Italy is Menotti Garibaldi, son of the Italian hero. Although he, like the other descendants of Garibaldi, has a state pension of 10000 lire, he lost SO much money recently that he was obliged to allow his furniture to be sold to pay ar rears of taxes.
 A manufacturing company in Whining ton, Delaware, stopped Its whistles thir- teen years ago because 1t was complained of as a nuisance, and at the same time in- formed Its workmen that any man who was late would be fired 25 cents. In all the years since then only two men have been fined for tsrdiness. and the question Is asked: What need is there for noisy whistle to call employees to work anywherei
 Necessity is the mother of invention. 4 Paris beggsr has been living very comfort ably by hanging himself. He would choose tree near where young children were playing, string himself up, and groan to attract their attention, 60 that they would run for help. He would be cut down and restored, and letter in his pocket would explain his attempted suicide by ststs- ment of his destitution. He knew how to attach the moose so as to avoid strapgu- lation.
 At Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mrs Annie Weaver sued Enos Ritter for estrangipg from her the affections of her lover, Ma thias Hauser, by telling him that she had struck the late Mir. Weaver with her fist when he was on his death bed. Upon the trial Hsuser testified that, while he had courted Mrs. Weaver, there had been no definite engagement between them, and of course no fixing of the happy day. The plaintiff, being put on the witness stand, admitted that this was so. The judge promptly ordered non suit.
 The Pope's encyclicsl on inspiration of the Scriptures says this: "Nothipg what ever suggests that the Holy Spirit took men as instruments for writing in such manner that, not indeed from the primary author, but from the inspired writers, something false might escape. For He, by supernatural power, SO excited and moved them to writing and stood by them, that they should rightly conceive in their minds, seek faithfully to compose, and fully, with infsllible truth, express only those things which He commanded"
 The report of the leprosy commission of India fills bulky volume of 456 pages. The geographical distribution of leprosy throughout India Is lucidly set forth in three large maps, colored. These show the changes in the number and proportion of lepers in the three presidencies, accord ing to the three census returns of 1871, 1881 and 1891, and the most affected dis tricts. The last. that of 1891, exhibits @ general decrease of leprosy all over India a very satisfactory condition brought about chiefly by the efforts made of late country.
 Cardinal Schlauch, Bishop of Grosswar- den, in Hungary, has published an official declaration of the petition of the Roman Catholic Church towards the civil marriage bill, which may be defined as one of dissp- provsl but tacit scquiescence. He begins by saying that the bill, In his opinion, is to some extent an infraction of the consei- tians, which will infect the religious and moral life of the people, and consequently damage the state itself. While scknowl- edging that In some cases divorce may be the means of opening up new and happy life for both parties, he maintains that the indissolubility of marriage is best for the whole community.
 Rev. Robert Collyer's sermon preached on his seventisth birthday indicates that he Is in an enviable frame of mind. 1.-The dream of three ecore years and ten has come true," he says, "and during all that time have never been absent from my pulpit on single Sunday from sickness, and have never been sick In bsd one day in my life. would not exchange my lot with any human creature I know. Nor would I have chosen any other seventy years for my life. None of the great eras of the psst would I have exchanged for this present one. There is none so beau tiful in the way of great accomplishment. am glad to look back on all the years; glad that was born in the good mother land, England, and glad that I was born again in this beautiful America"
 The women of San Frarcisoo, to the number of 17,00O, have signed a petition addressed to the newspapers of that city. pleading for higher stand on the question of public morals. They believe in the pub lie exposure of crime, but deplore the "ssnsationslism" that too often accom- psnies 1t. The public announcement of personal acts is all right, but "personali- ties" are all wrong. They believe that only minority of readers demand sensation al, personal or immoral details and that there is too often @ minuteness of detail in the reports given of crimes, wick edness and sensuality, which can gratify only prurfent and vulgar curiosity in inno- cent and inexperienced minds." They feel
 ''that spreading broadcast" vicious and de-
 passing news in their homes and among
 their children, land the consequent knoxl- edge and easy familiarity with crime in all its forms, has tendency to lower the tone
 of thought among the best people, and to strenpthen the worst instincts among the morally lower classes" For these reasons
 they have earnestly petitioned the news papers "to make a concerted effort to ele- vate the moral tone of their columns, !"
 and to free them from the evils they de-
 plore.
 FASHION NOTES.
 Old-Time Elegance Recalled. Among the new dresses which repro