The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-04

San Francisco has followed the good example of Boston In banishing pet names from her public school roster,
 Democratic harmony is on the in- crease. A Washington correspondent counts up ten senators md forty repre- sentativcs, all Democrats, who nre not on speaking terms with Cleveland, and never go near the White house.
 An Irish arts and crafts society has been formed in Dublin for the purpose of stimulating the industries of Ireland and attempting 10 raise the craftsmen to higher artistic level. The society is endeavorIng to organize an exhi- Sition of Irish arts and crafts, 10 be held in Dublin in the autumn of 1895.
 Chicago is making good one of her proud boasts. She has just taken q new school census, and in order to have no dispute about it, it was taken twice with the same result. According to this numbering the city now has q population of 1,5G2, ,79C, which is nearly 300, 900 more than in 1890. This puts Chicago next to New York in size, and not very far behind either.
 tc .c o ,rnpl1 nf ..hnnnn : Williams graceful act in pardoning the two French spies on the day of Presi- dent Carnot's funeral has brought out warm concentrations from the Parisian press. Meanwhile the German news papers have teemed with friendliness and sympathy since the president was lssassinated, and at no time in cen- tury have the two nations been on such terms of friendship as they seem to- day.
 Sir Charles Russell, the new Lord Chief-Justice of England, is an Irish man and Roman Catholic. He breaks a long line of precedent in being the first member of the Church of Rome to attain his present exalted place since the days of the English reformation. Sir Charles is just sixty-one years old. He was made queens counsel in 1872, 8 member of parliament in 1880 and attorney general in 1886. His salary as lord chief-justice is a60,0OO year.
 Two years ago Sam Taylor, Lexing- ton, Kentucky, farmer, ill the heat of q quarrel with a ncighbor, who had struck nim, fired fatal shot at his antagonist. He was convicted and sent to jail on g three years sentence. Meanwhile all his family, except q sister, who has labored in vain for his pardon, have died. The other day Kentucky girl, visiting the pen, saw the broken down old man, and pitied him. She investi- gated the case, sought Governor Brown, reoured pardon and took it to the prison. When the old man realized what she had done, he gasped his thanks and fell dead.
 A bronze cannon which had been standing in front of the government building at Pittsburg since Washington birthday, has been taken away to the melting pot. The piece. which is q lwelve-ponnder, was given by the gov ernment to be cast into badges and ,ouvenirs for the delegates to the Ma tional Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which meets at Pitts burg next September. It's weight was l,725 pounds, and it was one of nint guns of the same size and pattern cas- at Cold Spring, opposite West Point, il 1S41. It had been in the Allegheny arsenal since 1856, and was one of tn, cannon which Secretary Floyd ordered to be taken to New Orleans before For Sumter was fired upon, the attempt tt move which ordnance from the arsena to the steamboat landing caused sucl tremendous excitement in Pittsburg The protest of the citizens caused de lay in shipping the pieces, and finall! the order was rescinded.
 In Greece, says traveller, "election Ire held in churches on Sunday. In th' church to which succeeded ill gainin! access on one election day there were ranged around the walls forty-tw, boxes, that being the number of candi dates te be voted for. These boxes were about the size and shape of a cracke box, one-half painted white, with Yes on them, and the other half black, witl No on them. Beside each box stood /, representative of the candidate, .ant over the box was hung the candidate' picture. Each voter, as he entered thu church, had his name registered and , s check given him. In passing around the church the voter is given bullet or vote. by the representative standirl