Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-26

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Professor Falb, the Austrian astronomer
asserts that the earth will be struck by I
comet on Nov. Is, 1899. No hurry about
worry.
"a disposition like a May morning and
voice like notes of silver bell" WAS 9
description which did the business for 9
woman whom an Indiana CONGRESSMAN
wanted appointed postmistress.
DR.. Reed of Ohio has introduced into tbs
legislstur Of that State . bill permitting
condemned murdersrs the choice Of dying
by electricity or by anssthetics. If they
choose to die by ohloroform they must
agree to give their bodies for vivisection.
It is related that in Chicago restaurant
the other day man left his wife for few
moments to chat with An acquaintance ct
another table, and while he was there his
friend persuaded him to partake of some
lamb. Under . Misrepresentation the
waiter removed the lamb before he had
eaten It, whereupon he exclaimed, Good
ness, where 10 my lambF" His wife, over
hearing the question, answered in q clear
voice, "Here am"
The Bible in the schools qusstion has
been fixed up after fashion at Grovsland,
Massachusetts. The school committee of
Groveland have excused the children of
Roman Catholic parents and of all others
who desire such excuse from presence at
school during the morning religious exsr-
cises. The order of the COMMITTEES Ii that
the roll In the school shall not bs called
until after the Bible reading Ii finished, in
order that those children who desire to re-
main away from this service may do 80
without being marked tardy.
The Supreme court of Iowa has re-
affirmed, in q new csse, Its decision that
the so-callsd "prohibitory amendment" Is
no part of the States constitution. The
matter came up on appeal; the court be-
low had refused an application from the
president Of the State Temperance Alliance
for . mandamus to compel the secretary of
state to certify that the amendment had
become q part Of the constitution. The
Supreme court says that the court bslow
was entirely right in refusing 1t, and init
mates pretty distinctly that 1t regards the
bringing of the appeal as piece of impu-
dencs.
The recent decision Of the Massachusetts,
Supreme court that vsrdIots reached by
casting lots cannot stand has brought ont
many stories of delinquency in the jury
room. Ons of them, which has been web
vouched for, is a. follows: A poor man
sued corporation for damages, and the
evidence offered by him was 30 unsstisfac
tory that the judge, In charging the jury,
practically told them 1t Was their duty to
find for the defendant. They retired, and
in spite of the evidence, their Arst ballot
stood eleven for the plaintif and one for
tho defendant. The lone jurymsn endsav-
ored to persuade the others that there was
no evidence in favor of the plsintif, when
he was stopped by the remark: ''D-n
the evidence. The plaintiff il poor man
and the defendant rich company. Let's
give him>s little Of their money. They'll
never feel It." "But," interrupted the
juryman, "the judge as
much as told Us to fnd for the defendant"
ITO - with the judge" was the answer.
tThe plaintiffs poor man." Several of
the jurymen then sat down to play poker
against the time when the scrupulous jury
man should surrender, which. unable to
resist the pressure brenght to bear on him,
he finally did.