Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.


by a band of music and Indian scouts
The whole of the gas consumed IL
the Clifton House. niagara, is made Or
the United States side of the river, Ii
carried across the SUSPENSION Bridge,
and is subject to duty, which is PAD
by the Canadians to the United States
government
ssSpell defendant" said Prof. Sprs-
que at the last spelling match
Bee c-h-e-r," whispered little
school girl, but tire audi+nc did not
hear her, and so the precocious child
wasn't presented witt copy of the.
great trial in book form.
It is said that the contest for TIE
-peakership of the next House OF Re-
representatives. is narrowed down to two
candidates-Messrs. Randall, Of Penn
Sylvania, and Kerr, of Indiana-Wood
aud Cox being counted out.
And now Senator Morrill,, of Ve,-
mont is booked for Southern pilgrim
| age Like a good many other cunning
old Radicals, who perceive the impoi-
lance of the South as a voting factor
| ia The coming presidential contest, be
| 100 vans to " shake hands and call it
square"
| More diamonds for Patti. b, fore
| leaving 81. Petersburg recently the
accomplished prima donna was pre-
scented by the Emperor with a magnitl-
| cent bracelet composed OF large sap
phires and diamonds, made expressly
to match with the splendid dadens
| presented TO her by the opera sub
sc.ibers on the occasion Of Ter benefit.
Messrs. E. j. Hale Il Son, OF New
| York, will publish about the first OF
May new volume of poems by Pau
| II. Rayne, entitled The MouJta al
| the Swiss, with Poems OF Nature aud
| Tradition. The book will contain.
besides several long legendary tales, :,
series of Mature Pictures, descIlr-
tive of southern scenery, especial
the peculiar scenery of the pine lands.
The reading matter in the NIcks
| burg HcratG has been reduced to
very small proportions OF late. The
whole of the editorial page and many
| editorial columns have been surren-
| dered to advertisement of the sale %
lands for failure to pay the exorbitant
taxes which have been imposed upur.
their owners by the negro and carpet
bag rulers of that frightfuliy mlsgov-
ern.ed State In Mississippi the adj
vantages of Grantism are fully raal-
lied
Prof, Taylor of thu agricultural bu-
reau advise the Western farmers t.
get d OF the grasshoppers by eating
them. They are largely consumed IL
the East, and the Indians of our plains
find them excellent eating. Genera!
Sherman has tried them, and say
they are by no means to be desplsed
There a Scripture precedent for pnt-
| ting the pests to this use. John the
| Baptist ate them, with the addition OF
q little money.
There will be no more politics to
speak OF for five months, when Maine
! will hold her State eli elton. TINS Will
be followed by cleo ions in California,
Wyoming, Colorado end New Mexico.
Ohio will elect Governor in place of
the venerable Mr. Allen, whom the
people seem kindly disposed TO relieve
from fuftler service. Iowa will have
an October election, and Massaclu-
sets and several other States Wal hold
| elections III November. These .lec
tlons viii test the public sentiment aud
| prepare the way for the great contest
OF next year, aud perhaps will fore cast
| the result.
A bod project for the civilization OF
! Africa is announced IL England. This
! the formation If II canal for CONNER
cial purposes from the mouth Of the
river Beta, on the Atlantic, III the
neighborhood of Cape July and Cape
Bajndor, opposite the Canary Islands,
t the northern bend Of the Niger nj
Timbuctoo. distance Of TAO miles
70 such highway for opening up the
African continent it is believed there
are no formidable obstacles, but that
The conformation of the great desert of
Sahara favors the scheme. The author
Of the project is Mr. Donald Mac
kenzie.
London now claims, and Justly, to
possess the largest gas meter III the
world. It's capacity is stated to be the
enormous quantity of 10000 cubic
feet of gas per hour, and its measir-
ing drum delivers, for each revolution,
1,6G@feet. The cast-iron tank is of
the following dimensions: Nineteen
feet eight inches square; the total
height from floor line to top of the
pedl.nent is twenty feet ard two
inches, and when filed to the working
water line contains 81 900 gallons Of
water. The inlet and GUILT connec-
lions are some thirty inches Ill diane
ter; and it is stated that the meter
works satisfactorily at three -tenth5 of
an inch pressure:
Steps ale being taken by several Of
the kingdoms of Europe to effect AL
extensive substitution of gold for sil-
Yer IN current use as circulating
medium. There has been recently
issued III Germany L. ia, 600. 600 marks
IN geld coin, and still greater amount
is to be put in circulation. A mark is
equivalent to about twenty-four cent.
Belgium is putting out gold coin at
the rate of $4,000. 600 francs annually.
In Holland $3.50, 100000 gold coin is
needed, and France imported last
year 43l 064, 900 francs worth of gold |