Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-28
WEDNESDAY
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mrs. Lease of Kansas IL asking some of
her audiences, Gam I my brothers keep
eri" For the sake of the brother We hope
not.
Dr.. William Everett 10 credited with
the remark that he "liss awake st night
to devise some method by which he may
offend the newspapers" Sensible man.
Napoleon Bonsparte has two royal sue
cessors on the Island of st. Helena. They
are Dinizulu, the son and heir of Cete-
wayo, the Zulu king, and Undabuko,
brother of the same monarch. The cli-
mate of st. Helena obliges them to wear q
blanket or some heavy covering much of
the time. 1t is doubtful If they will ever
leave their Island prison alive.
The eight unmarried women who hold
office as Queen victoria's maids of honor
are given the title Honorable" and on
marrying receive from the queen Q gift Of
,000. One or two maids of honor
may reside for q fortnight at Wind
sor or at Osborne, but her majesty seldom
takes more than one to Scotland. The
doury of maid of honor has been given
for at least $50 years, but Is according to
her msjssty's pleasure, and in 176s 1t was
refused to one lady, who engaged herself
In marriage without the consent Of her
royal mistress.
fSerrtk ooh1o1U hau Mt hooy, "A
tablished in French Savoy, at Grecy sur
AK. These schools are private, but they
receive from the government an annual
subsidy of 1000 francs each. There are
ten of them, nearly all in Eastern France;
and each has no more than ten or twelve
pupils, who are taught practically how to
cultivate and husband fruits, and e.pe-
cislly how to make those exquisite French
cheeses, which are sold throughout the
world. Most of the pupils are destined to
become foremen in private farms, where
the industries of fruit raising and cheese
making are carried on upon an extensive
scale.
Somebody put in the postofice at Psnsy,
Jefferson county, Peunsylvants, package
addressed to Mrs. Ella Helbig. The pack
age, which was opened by Mrs. Hslbg's
husband, contained nothing but Q pig's
tail. Mr.. Helbig was indignant. He sent
the tail to the postofice department at
Washington, with letter declaring the
act of the sender to be Hbellous, and de-
manding an investigation and punishment
of the hbeller. The tail and the letter
went through the ususl procedure at
Washington, and were then cent to In
spector Dickson at PittsburR, with instrue-
tions to inve 'tigste. Mr.. Dickson has ex-
smined all the regulations he can find, but
has discovered nothing covering the case.
President Harper, of the University of
Chicago, says that he did not, in q recent
lecture, declsre the story of Cain and Abel
In the Bible to te myth. His language
on that point was as follows: When we
compare the Biblical material with that
which resembles 1t on the outside, we fud
that 1t Is free In its form from impurity
of every kind; the myth is gone; the ex-
ubersnt polytheism is gone; all that de-
grades and lowers is gone. The form Is
here Gust as the form of the rite of cireum-
cision WAS retainsd.) It il only In the form
that there is much IL any resemblance, and
this has been thoroughly cleansed and pur-
lied. You ask, why did not God choose q
different form that there might be no pos
sible joining of the sacred and the profsnei
In answer, God does not work In that way.
Speaking of Alexander 81. Stephens,
whom he knew personally, Richard NAL
colin Johnston says that he was not good
Judge of men. "Ths poorest, meanest,
shabbiest negro could impose upon him.
and he was deceived again and again by
beggsrs and frauds. He was the soul of
generosity. He made, l venture, as much
as $500. 900 during his lifetime, but he died
poor. He spent his money ss fast As he
made 1t, and he didn't seem to appreciate
its value. His law practice was large dur
ing great part of his life, and he received
a great deal of money from his books. His
constitutional Views of the War must
have sold about 10000 copies. It wa.
published in two volumes. His royalty
was 35 cents q volume, and his receipts
from 1t amounted to $4,000, He kept
open house at Liberty Hall, his place in
Georgia, and every train brought him
guests, some of whom he had never met
| before. He was fond of society and was g
most charming talker"