The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-17

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 Charlotte Smith wants to fight Spain, and 1t is expected that as soon as Spain hears about her desire the outlook will be even more peaceful than it is.
 Bean fever is the latest. It has been added to the list of epidemics like hay fever and rose fever by German doc tor, who has christened his discovery ''Favismus." His cure for the disease is to keep away from beanf1elds.
 Traffic through the Suez canal fell off greatly in 1897, the amount being the smallest in fifteen years; 29s6 steamers of 7,s9S,sS1 tons register pass ed through, as compared with 3,40s steamers of S,5s2,237 tons in 1896 and about the same number in 1895.
 The Klondike house patented by A. F. Howes of Weymouth, Massachu- setts, is made of aluminium, and when packed for transportation is in three bundles, weighing only one hundred and thirty pounds including stove and cooking utensils. It is intended to house four persons and is fire-proof.
 Railroad employees in Germany have started movement for the reform of the manners of railroad officials. They object to the Thigh and mighty airs'' N of their superiors, and argue that con- sfderate treatment of subordinates should be one of the conditions of hold- ing positions of authority. They are entirely right.
 There are few things that a Ger man investigator can't find out. Pro- lessor Nikolaus Muller. of Berlin, says that the equal parting of the hair be- longs to Jews and Christian Jews of the fourth and fifth centuries, and that such patriarchs and prophets as Abra- ham, Isaac, Jacob, Jeremiah and John the Baptist all seem to have had their hair parted in the middle.
 A Maryland judge has decided that town ordinance prohibiting the riding of wheels on sidewalks when the streets are impossible is not effective The rider who was arrested turned on the sidewalk to avoid an exceptionally bad place in the roadway, and, although he rode distance of only twenty-five feet on forbidden ground, a warrant was is- sued. The evidence showed that a wheel could not be pushed through the mndhole, and the court, in dismissing the case, ruled that under such condi- tions riders and drivers were justified in trespassing on private property.
 It Is estimated that the property which is to be divided among the nine- ty-two remaining members of the So- ciety of the Separatists of Zoar, will amount to nearly $3,0OO,O00. The Ger man communistic settlement in this pretty Ohio town has been in existence somewhat less than century, but it has at last been compelled to submit to the inevitable, and about week ago it was decided to settle up, divide the property and go out of business. There were about five hundred in the original colony, but like other communities, it's population decreased instead of multi plying, and extinction was the certain end of the enterprise. Zoar has lately become something of a summer resort, and to that purpose it seems likely the place will now be permanently devoted.
 K. Mitsukuri says in the Atlantic concerning the women of Japan: The women of Japan have often been mis- understood. By those who have known them they have been pronounced the pest part or Japan. They nave been described as gentle, graceful, beautiful and self-sacrifcing. Not only in those gentler virtues, but also in some stern- CT aspects of life, the Japanese women have shown, time and again, what she is made of. Anyone who speaks against the purity of the Japanese woman knows not whereof he talks, oI is vile slanderer who would deprive the woman of what is most precious te her. As the mistress of the family she has as much real authority in the family as her western sister. As g mother, she Is paid great deference by her children. In society a lady is al. ways treated with respect. There are some respects in which changes are de sirable, but, on the whole, I have Tt hesitation in saying that the position O women in Japan is a very high one.