The morning call., 1895-01-08
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

All passes and privileges to editors, report
els aud other newspaper people should be with
drawn by the railroad and telegraph COM
panes. There is no reason why these people
should get gratulties OF any kind at the expense
OF others, Deadheading is habit that ought
not 10 be encouraged. Let every one pay his
way. pay as he goes, pay for all services rem
dered, and pay for everything excepting those
things which cannot be paid for.-New York
Sun.
People should not be too hard on Wall street
for reimbursing Itself for that which il gave 10
Superintendent Byrnes. Ii is perhaps hard on
''the people" that the money should have to
come out of their treasury but then they
should have had better bulldogs than CleYe-
land and Carlisle.-Sl. Louis Star sayings.
One OF our local contemporaries in terms Of
patbos portrays The dismal feelings of a citi-
zen whose lost pointer dog "urops dead to
shot" 1t would seem that the absence of a
dog which has ever dropped dead is sufficiently
explalned.-St. Louis Republic.
Nine. Leon Giandln, the French woman Who
has written a book lately about this country,
says the Amer leans are ali very tall. thin, and
always In hurry. Somebody ought 10 have
introduced her To Bob Ingersoll.-
Globe.
The county offlcials at Saltwater, o. T.. are
suspected of having burnt the courthouse TO
destroy the evidence OF their peculaiions. 1t
would be hard on the country IL the Oklahoma
IDEA should become popular.-Topeka J0urn al.
Superintendent Byrnes can rest assured of
one fact. anu that is that If the statements
concerning the requirement OF his fortune are
not generally believed there Is no one living I 0
disprove themL-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Chinese have employed an American
lawyer to represent them in their negotiations
for peace with Japan. 1t is evident that China
wants the case continued for al least a hun
dred years.-Galyeston News.
The mgra alton Of alIs. Lease to California has
not made any percepible difference in The
affairs OF that State. although it has apparently
fattened things out a good deal IN Kansas
New York Star.
Civilization has finally reached point in this
city where police bribery is actually recognized
as legal offense Ii this isn't progress 1t is an
arttul and highly veneered initiation OF lt.-New
York Tribune.
Announcements OF the settlement of the
Mosquito question are almost enough 10 recon-
ellie the American people To Carlisle's attack
upon their business and currency.-Pittsburg
Press.
Italy's financial dispatches make 1t more than
clear that ex-Premier Giolottl has been doing a
bit OF killing that would have staggered even
Ferdinand Ward.-Pittsburg Inquirer.
The Hillsbor0 Mirror gives a list OF nve
papers which have suspended recently in Hill
County and attributes their suspension 10 s.
cent cotton Fort Worth Gazette.
Evidently President Cleveland isn't worrying
so mach about having Congress on his hands.
In the language of the hymn, "'Twlll all be
over soon.'-Pittsburg Gazette.
The boom In the local matrimonial mark ct Is
explained by Tie fact that Brooklyn girls think
more OF bread-makiBg than they do OF bread
wnning.-Boston Journal.
1t Is horrible 10 think that IL Cleveland and
Stevenson should die Gresham would become
President of the United Siates.-Philadelphla
North American.
JaworOwer, the name OF the president OF a
new anti-dlve society. is enough to scare the
most hardened criminal into repentance
phis Avalanche.
Senator Hill is believed to have settled 10 win
ter quarters directly between The Income tax
and the Governments strong box.-Detroit
Tribune.
Secretary OF Agriculture Morton has just
been giving his views on some subject. nobody
seems to remember just what.--New York
Press.
In 3. G. 1913 the Romans made tunnel
60Q0 feet long to drain Lake Albanus.