The morning call., 1894-06-29
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

The Capitol at Washington is said to be with
out national flag on account of the stinginess
of Congress- Perhaps that is not the true
reason. Blount, at last accounts, was in Wash
ingtOn. and it is possible that be has been prae-
tieing his great act of hauling down the flag
New York Mail and Express.
1t gives an added pang 10 grief when such a
man as William Walter Phelps is hurried out
OF tine world by disease like consumption. II
ought TO give spur TO the effort that Is being
made for the eradication Of The causes of con-
umption.-Phiadelpnia Record.
1t is pretty safe to argue that II the Vigiant
IN her races has the right of way over the
Prince Of Wales Britannia she will take it,.
Royalty may have its special prerOgatves on
the shore, but a mans a man on the broad
ocean.-Boston Journal.
The increased number of suicides in New
York indicates that the law Furnishing attempts
at self-murder Is not much regarded. Possibly
the law was intended TO lead the offender to
make his work lhorough.-St. Louis Post-Dls-
patch.
The Canadians, too. are going TO utilize the
power OF Niagara on their side by duplicating
the American electric plant. The Canadians
know gsod thing when the Yankees have
pointed 1t out TO them.-Phiadelphla Item.
The lawmakers keen passing anticIgarette
bills aud the cigarette business was never more
tourishing than IL is now. The Legislatures
appear to be very goOd advertising mediums
for some sorts OF business.-BosIon Herald.
Prince Henry OF Battenburg is now engaged
in g ting together a collection OF curious
spoons. Some OF his acquisitions are very raj e,
and the cabinet wherein they are kept receives
important additions almost every month.
Rev. DR.. Paxton has had 10 pay $40 fine for
not reporting Colonel Breckinridge's wedding.
As the colonel probably owes him the wedding
fee yet DR.. Paxton won't care for any more
such weddings.-Topeka Journal.
The importation by Novelist Robert Louis
Stevenson of 4 lot OF firearms for the purpose
OF defending his Samoan home proves that he
has more faith in a good shotgun than In his
famous pen.-New York Recorder.
An exchange says that artificial ice Is now
made so that by giving it rap it separates
into small cubes. Some Of the small cubes of
natural ice distributed in this city are hardly
worth q rap.-Detroit Journal.
The only way the Secretary OF the Navy can
learn to plug up the blowholes In his armor-
plate policy Is to invite fraudulent contractors
TO explain their methods in the Federal courts,
New York World.
Now that the telephone is suspected of being
a transmitter OF disease germs the good Old
family washtub cannot be expected to escape
much longer.-Nsw York Commercial Adver-
tiseT.
General Wallace's new novel has its plot laid
in the United States and his leading characters
are Americans. This Will bs new departure
for the great novelist.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Brice and German make no frank acknowl-
edgments, but DICK up their skirts In holy
horror. The idea that they deal In sugar
stocks! Monstrous!-Indianapoli News.
The only way to restore prosperity to Ameri-
cans is TO defeat the outrageous measure in
tended to blast the leading industries OF the
East and the West.-New York Press.
Away with The Income tax! Let the Demo-
cratic party keep the place 1t has always
labored for and TO which TWO years ago it was
elecIed.-New York Sun.
A correspondent inquiries whether it is proper
TO say "polities Is warm" or "poltics are
warm" Neither. friend. Hot is the word.-
Galveston News.
Mr.. Erastus wiman Is another impressive
example Of man who came to grief through
attaining TOO great facility in writing.-Pitls-
burg Dispatch.
That Looking Backward" committee Joke
has disappeared. 1t is Governor Flower who
is now looking backward.-New York Tribune
Our fOrefathers created the Senate as a
check. They succeeded so well that their check
has become paralyzer.-St. Louis Republic.
A Cincinnati man claims that he has dlscov-
cred way of making artificial milk. Thal's
an old trick around Albany.-Albany Press
IL woman gets suffrage in Kansas how can il
be q feather In her hat If she doesn't turn out
a trimmer ?-Philadelphia Times.
Rather than chop farmers cordwCod the
real uamD prefers to cut his stick every time
Chicago Times.