Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-09

BDlTOhIAL NOTES.
 "willie" ia telling the voters of his dig trict that he is neither a saint nor an angel, and his assertion has not yet been contra dicted.
 The Springfield Union notices that girls who can never get the hang of their moth ers' sewing machine pedals can ride a bicy- cle beautifully.
 Make way for Miss Cora Dow of Cincin- natl, who is the owner of three drug stores successfully operated in that city. She is a graduate of the department of pharmacy of the Cincinnati university. She employs six registered pharmacists and four assist ants, visits each store every day and super vises every detail.
 The Bank of England continues to pile up gold. Its holdings of the yellow bags now amount to es7, ,OOo, ,00O. which is near ly el0, ,000,000 above the amount held a year ago and G11 ,00o. 900 above the hold ings of two years ago. Meantime mer- chandise imports into Great Britain are 2 per cent. less than a year ego.
 The race is not always to the vegetarian. There was great joy among the vegetarians in Germany last year over the fact that a vegetarian won tho annual walking match from Berlin to Friedrichsruh. The same vegetarian pedestrian was in the race this year, and 1t was generally expected that he would win the match again. But he was badly beaten by "meat- cater"
 It Is little early in the season but Washington newspaper man professes to know that the names of presidential and vice presidential candidates which General Cogswell Is ready to put into an envelope as his prophecy of the outcome of the next Republican national convention, are ex- Vice Prssident Levi P. Morton of New York for president and Senator Msnderson of Nebraska for vice president.
 Systematic efforts have been made in diff ferent parts of the world to introduce g growth of trees where they had never been known, from which important results have followed in many instances. Egypt, which had formerly only about six rainy days during tho year, has, since having planted trees on an extensive scale, already attained about five times that number. Sixteen square miles of the swampy, unhealthy country along the Bay of Biscay was plant ed with thousands of trees, especially the cork oak and swamp pine. The trees have drained the land so as to destroy the swamp levers and to change it into @ healthy country with fine forests. Biscay law re- quires that for every tree cut down two shall be planted.
 Female typists, as they are called in England, have at length been recognized as a portion of the permanent civil service, and 8 treasury minute just issued lays down regulations for their employment. Some sixty ladies are serving in various offices at the rate of IA shillings a week, increasing by shillings per week per year to maxi mum of % shillings. They have no claim to penAion, and are liable to dismlsssl at a weeks notice. The psy has been now 6A&AtAy 4hPLoVoat oho Alkae tO poubItu conceded and more liberal regulations made as regards holidays and absence through illness. Should woman elect after eerv- ing six years or more to marry she will re- cslve a grstuity of one months pay for each year served.
 There seems to be a likelihood that the treasures which are supposed to be buried in and around ancient Alexandria may be brought to light before long. A letter from Cairo, published In the London Times, says: A very important symptom of the past season has been the awakening of interest in ancient Alexandria, and we shall probably hear great deal about the Ptolsmaic and Roman capital in the future. It is the most unexplorsd site in Egypt, and it is really astounding that we should know so little of what was once the first city (snd hss always been among the frs) on the Mediterranean. The meeting place of so many races, bound up with Jswish and early Christian history. an unrivslled centre of culture, the burial place of the greatest of ancient conqusrors and of long line of his successors, the most singular and favored city in the Ro- man Empire, Alexandria has limitless pos abilities. The ancient city lies 6eep under the modern; but now that the municipality is favorable, the new museum has been organized, and persons of local influence are at work, we may hops that an explora- tion has been begun which will prove of extraordinary interest if carried through.