The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-28

unobjectiOnable). ana thelr conIracts uo Ao' include Wants, To Let, For Sale' ete' Another day without shower on the coast. The French method of administering castor oil to ailing children is charac- teristic. The oil is poured into pan over a moderate fire, an egg broken into it and the mixture well stirred. The omelette thus made is served with lit tie salt, sugar or a spoonful of cur rant jelly.
 It is said that Queen Victoria has travelled more miles than any other Eu- ropean ruler. Since 1S42, the year she first entered a railroad carriage, ac- cording to an English authority, her record is two million miles. The Prince of Wales has about one million five hundred thousand miles to his credit.
 The success of the proposed univer- sity for women in Tokio is now said to be assured The principal officials and nobles of the empire are greatly inter ested in the project, and the emperor and empress have not only used their influence in its favor, but have contrib uted considerable sum of money to- ward it's endowment. About 100000 yen s(S175. .000) will be needed to start the in- stitution.
 National Democrats have an organi- and towns of Massachusetts, the Bos- ton Transcript says, and they claim as thorough an organizatio as that of the old-t time Democrats of former days. They propose to hold caucuses in all the larger cities and towns of the State, and to nominate delegates to a State convention, which will be held in Bos- ton. Gamaliel Bradford and c, s. Ham, lin are among those mentioned for the nomination for Governor.
 A correspondent at Constantinople re- ports that Lieutenant-G General Vehbi Pasha recently arrived in Thessaly for cers and men of the Turkish army the decorations awarded them by the Sul- tan. These baubles are packed in forty three large boxes. Thirty-five of them contain 13Oo00 medals and brevets, while the swords of honor destined for the officers are contained in the remaining eight. Of these swords the most valua- ble is that designed for Edhem Pasha, which is said to be worth $20,000
 A new use has been found for that small but not uninteresting island, Heli- goland. Heligoland is now the Gretna Green of Germany. A couple bent on matrimony need only take a return ticket from Cuxhaven, and by the kind aid of Pastor Sekrades, whose license holds good until 1913, they can be united before the boat goes back, without any of those troublesome formalities that impede entrance into the married state in other parts of the empire. Herr Sek- rades is called upon to officiate at least sixty times a year, and the business shows signs of improvement.
 A correspondent of the London Stand- ard, writing on the subject of the recent murder of British officials in Poonah, directs attention to the remarkable re- vival in the Deccan of the cult of Shi- vajee, the Mahratta chieftain, who kill ed his enemy in defiance of all the laws of hospitality, and who Is still regarded as national hero. It appears that this parsonage has latterly been installed as the patron saint of the Mahrattas, and his example is held up as eminent ly one to me copied. >Only short time before the recent crimes, one of the high priests of the Chivajee cult laid it lecture on the subject, that murder is a. perfectly moral act when certain con- ditions are satisfied. These conditions are: That the government of which the victim is a member should be unpopu- lar, effete. and out of touch with the people, that the murderer must be fully convinced of the righteousness of the deed he is about to commit, and that he must not benefit pecuniarily by the act. When these conditions are fulfill ed, the worshippers or Shivajee hold and teach that murder is no longer a sin, and must not be judged from the ordinary moral standpoint.
 A bulletin of the department of labor contains an interesting study of the public baths of Europe. The movement began in England in 1S42 and has spread 4i