Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-12

after May l. The Tribune adds ftEvery-
 body will have chance, and there will be no
 increase of rates."
 The arrival in this country of detachment
 of ''the Salvation Army" that has been wag- ing war with the hosts of sin in Great Brit
 ain for 8 number of years is an event of some
 importance, and the progress of the fight to
 be made here will be watched with interest
 The seven women and one man who form the
 detachment are persons of some consequence
 in the army, one of the women being a cap
 tain, and the others Heutenants, while the
 man, whose name is George Railton, is a | Commissioner. They wear uniform of
 dark blue cloth, edged with bright yellow
 binding, and around their hats are broad
 bands of scarlet ribbon, inscribed with the
 words 1.-The Salvation Army" in large gilt
 letters. The flag of the detachment is of | blue and red stuff, with large yellow sun | in the centre. The red and blue signify the | blood and purity of Christ, and the Commis-
 sioner wants it understood that the yellow has
 nothing to do with Orangemen. They intend
 to spread themselves throughout the principal
 cities of the Union. The Salvation Army was
 founded in 1865 by the Rev. William Booth,
 of London, who wished te reach the classes
 which never attended church. He therefore
 organized outdoor services all over England
 The home organization of the Salvation Army
 now consists of twsnty-two corpsin uniform
 under the direction of 195 officers. The army
 holds meetings in 149 theatres, concert halls
 and rooms. Last year 45, 900 indoor services
 were held and 60, 900 open air exercises. The army made 256 converts and there are now 3, ,256 enrolled in it's ranks The home organ. l
 ization raised s12, ,O00 last year by contribu- l tions. The recent report of the French Minister of | Agriculture and Commerce presents some in ! terssting figures, which may give many of tho l people of this country new idea of the re- sources of their sister Republic The total | population of France is, in round numbers, | something less than 37, O0O 900. 12, 900, 900 of | these living in towns and 5000, GOO in ths I country proper. Deducting from this s60,- 900 who are soldiers, sailors, students, in valids, prisoners and the like, we have some | 36 900, 900 persons in active life, thus divided: 21O, POO without known callings 1900 vag- abonds and mendicants; 2,151, 200 stock holders, including 195, ,O00 Government pen sioners 1,531 ,O00 practicing or living by lib- eral professions 3,527, 900 engaged in trade, transportation or navig ation, or supported l thereby 2, ,274, 800 occupied in or sustained | by various industries, and 1S,968, ,OOO prac- ticing or living by agriculture. Of these, 1O,- 300, 900 are owners of their land, nearly G. GOO, 900 tenant farmers, and 2, 800, 900 asricul- eli RuH I tenant farmers-of whom 400, 900 are women -S2. 900 men and 54 900 women ars employed as clerks, 59O, 900 men and 37S, 900 women as general workers 922, GOO men and 663, 900 women as day laborers. The families main- tained by agricultural pursuits consist of B. 800, 900 men and 100000 women ; those maintained by industrial occupations embrace nearly 1,6OO, ,O0O men and 5000, 900 women. Employers in trade and transportation to the number of 784, 900 have in their service 247,- GOO men and Il, 900 women. In no Euro pean country do so many women work as in France, and 1t is said that the French are, on the whole, the most industrious people on the globe.
 Captain Eads, to be sure, favors tho con- struction Of ship railway across the Isthmus of Darien instead of a ship canal, but his criti cism of De Lesssps' plan may not be less val uable on that account. It is, at all events, iL- teresting. He says that so long as the bottom of the canal is kept above the ocean level, the average rainfall at Panama will enable erg- i neer to estimate with some degree of certainty the probable quantity of drainage water that must be taken care of to enable the work to progress uninterruptedly. But when the ocean itself is tapped, as it must be in cutting the canal twenty eight feet below it's surface. l natural methods of drainage become impossi- bls and the quantity of water which will prob ably enter through veins and Assures below the ocean level in the uplifted and disturbed justification of the Cordillsras, through which { he canal is to be cut, is an unknown quantity which engineering science cannot determine in advance Captain Eads also thinks, with | many others that the estimate of $166, COG, 900 IS the ultimate cost of the work is much too | ow. Another important question to consider n connection with the expense is that involved Z n the maintenance of the work after it's con- | oletion. Anyone who contemplates," says ! Captain Eads, ''the proposed depth of the cut through the several miles of the Cordilleras, t md thinks of the incessant rains and tempests ( which prevail during six months of the year, ,an form some faint conception perhaps of the f mount of material which would be washed I town the sides of this immense cut, as well as rom all the other parts of the canal, and ! which must be continually dredged out of it ' Q preserve its usefulness" The narrow chan s lel proposed would necessitate very slow { ate of speed for large ships through the canal, n order to prevent their ''sheering' and thus eceiving injury. The Captain will probably d lave the satisfaction of seeing De Lesseps plans fail even if his own do not succeed.
 MAD AS A MARCH HARE.
 ''Sweet are the of university" said 8 Il ,irl when B senior asked her to go to con- a Standard.