Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Be generous to the orphans to day.

Be generous to the orphans to day.
 The Brooklyn Union-Aryus says General Merwin is one of those honest, earnest, up right men to vote for whom is a real pleas There is no exaggeration about this statement.
 report has been going about the State that Editor Crump of the New London zele gram would probably help represent New London in the next Legislature. MT. Crump, however, says he is not a candidate for any office.
 Hon. Lyman W. Coe, Republican nominee for Congress in the Fourth district, has made It plain that he does not intend to buy votes His letter to government employe who wanted to contribute to his campaign fund does him honor.
 | Republican gains are promised in Maryland because the new election law prevents fraud ulent registration by the Democrats in power It ls said that for years ten thousand votes have been cast in Baltimore upon names of dead men.
 | There are so many good temperance men 1 on the Democratic State ticket, including its 1 head, that It is surprising that the Demo cratic managers io not appeal to the prohi- l bitionists to help them. Perhaps they will l after all that the liquor sellers will contrib l ute has been collected.
 good story is told of one of the Demo- cratic candidates for State Senator. At a l town meeting in his town the annual reports l included one from the town treasurer which ] was headed thus: ''Traas. Report" He looked at the long array of figures in the re- port, turned to a brother taxpayer and in- quired: ''Why in the d. are we spending | so much money for trees ?''
 The reply postal card has just been put on 1 trial in Great Britain, and it is predicted that 1t will prove @ success. When the postal card was first introduced there the innovation was quite unpopular, and was expected by many to be ruinous to the revenue. It was said also that people would not be willing to ex- pose their missives to the public gaze, yet last year the number of postal cards used was 135, ,OOO, 900.
 The workingmon of this district should stand by General Merwin in this campaign They have no better friend than he, and ii | elected he will be true to their interests. We again call attention to his utterance COZ cernng the tariff ''While there Is revision needed in our tariff, would oppose changes that would place the mechanics of this dis trict upon a level with the poorly paid labor of European countries"
 It is reported that the Parisian police hay, discovered proofs of the existence of cheer , ful international association having for it
 object the destruction of property. It
 headquarters is supposed to be in Geneva
 Among the documents seized are a numbe
 of letters showing that correspondence ha
 been proceeding between French members O
 this association and g directing committee i
 Switzerland which comprises several prom
 nent Russian Nihilsts
 The reward offered by the goverr ment of Cyprus of one piastre per oke c
 about half-penny per pound, for locus
 eggs-subsequently raised, however, to thre
 times that sum as the eggs became scarce
 resulted in the collection of the enormor ! amount of l,329& tons of eggs in the seve
 months preceding the middle of Februa,
 last. Besides this step, screens and locu
 traps were extensively employs ,d, and alt
 gether e32, ,OOO, or more than one. fifth of tl
 total revenue of the island, was 6 xpended the official ''locust campaign during tl l financial year. The Cyprus loeusp is a speci